[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1155 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1155

To establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of 
  the recommendations set forth in the Terminations, Reductions, and 
    Savings report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2011

 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Welch, Mr. Carney, and Mr. 
    Polis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, 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 establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of 
  the recommendations set forth in the Terminations, Reductions, and 
    Savings report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget.

    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 ``Expedited Consideration of 
Terminations, Reductions, and Savings Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF TERMINATIONS, REDUCTIONS, AND 
              SAVINGS PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by 
redesignating sections 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, 
respectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following new 
section:

   ``terminations, reductions, and savings prepared by the office of 
                         management and budget

    ``Sec. 1013.  (a) In General.--The President may propose, at the 
time and in the manner provided in subsection (b), the carrying out of 
all or part of the recommendations contained in the most recent 
Terminations, Reductions, and Savings prepared by the Office of 
Management and Budget.
    ``(b) Transmittal of Special Message.--Not later than 120 days 
after the publication of any Terminations, Reductions, and Savings 
prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, the President may 
transmit to Congress a special message to carry out all or part of the 
recommendations contained in that Terminations, Reductions, and 
Savings. The President shall include with that special message a draft 
bill or joint resolution that would carry out his recommendations.
    ``(c) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
            ``(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of continuous 
        session of the applicable House after the date of receipt of a 
        special message transmitted to Congress under subsection (b), 
        the majority leader or minority leader of the House of Congress 
        in which the Act involved originated shall introduce (by 
        request) the draft bill or joint resolution accompanying that 
        special message. If the bill or joint resolution is not 
        introduced as provided in the preceding sentence, then, on the 
        third day of continuous session of that House after the date of 
        receipt of that special message, any Member of that House may 
        introduce the bill or joint resolution.
            ``(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be referred to the 
        committee or committees with subject matter jurisdiction over 
        that measure. The committee or committees shall report the bill 
        or joint resolution without substantive revision and with or 
        without recommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be 
        reported not later than the seventh day of continuous session 
        of that House after the date of receipt of that special 
        message. If a committee fails to report the bill or joint 
        resolution within that period, that committee shall be 
        automatically discharged from consideration of the bill or 
        joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolution shall be 
        placed on the appropriate calendar.
            ``(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint 
        resolution shall be taken in that House on or before the close 
        of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House 
        after the date of the introduction of the bill or joint 
        resolution in that House. If the bill or joint resolution is 
        agreed to, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the 
        case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the House of 
        Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of 
        a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause 
        the bill or joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and 
        transmitted to the other House of Congress on the same calendar 
        day on which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
            ``(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to the 
        House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to paragraph 
        (1)(C) shall be referred to the committee or committees of 
        jurisdiction of that House. The committee or committees shall 
        report the bill or joint resolution without substantive 
        revision and with or without recommendation. The bill or joint 
        resolution shall be reported not later than the seventh day of 
        continuous session of that House after it receives the bill or 
        joint resolution. A committee failing to report the bill or 
        joint resolution within such period shall be automatically 
        discharged from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, 
        and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the 
        appropriate calendar.
            ``(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution 
        transmitted to that House shall be taken on or before the close 
        of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House 
        after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is 
        transmitted. If the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in 
        that House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the 
        case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the House of 
        Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of 
        a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause 
        the engrossed bill or joint resolution to be returned to the 
        House in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
            ``(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 
        proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint resolution 
        under this section shall be highly privileged and not 
        debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 
        nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
        which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a bill or 
        joint resolution under this section shall not exceed 4 hours, 
        which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
        opposing the bill or joint resolution. A motion further to 
        limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order 
        to move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section or to move to reconsider the vote by which the bill or 
        joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relating to the 
        application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
        procedure relating to a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section shall be decided without debate.
            ``(D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the 
        preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a 
        bill or joint resolution under this section shall be governed 
        by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
            ``(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the 
        consideration of a bill or joint resolution under this section 
        shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the 
        motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move 
        to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
        disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint resolution 
        under this section, and all debatable motions and appeals in 
        connection therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours. The time shall 
        be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority 
        leader and the minority leader or their designees.
            ``(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or 
        appeal in connection with a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally 
        divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
        of the bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the 
        manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of any such 
        motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be 
        controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such 
        leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control 
        on the passage of a bill or joint resolution, allot additional 
        time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable 
        motion or appeal.
            ``(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
        bill or joint resolution under this section is not debatable. A 
        motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section is not in order.
    ``(d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a bill or joint 
resolution considered under this section shall be in order in either 
the House of Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the 
application of this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor 
shall it be in order in either House to suspend the application of this 
subsection by unanimous consent.
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section continuity of a 
session of either House of Congress shall be considered as broken only 
by an adjournment of that House sine die, and the days on which that 
House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 
to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of any 
period.''.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--Section 904 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and 1017'' in subsection (a) and 
        inserting ``1013, and 1018''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 1017'' in subsection (d) and 
        inserting ``sections 1013 and 1018''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking ``1016'' and inserting 
                        ``1017''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``1017(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``1018(b)(1)''.
            (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as 
        redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``1012 or 1013'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``1012, 1013, or 1014'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``1012'' and 
                inserting ``1012 or 1013'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (D) in subsection (e)(2)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C);
                            (iii) by striking ``1013'' in subparagraph 
                        (C) (as so redesignated) and inserting 
                        ``1014''; and
                            (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) he has transmitted a special message under 
                section 1013 with respect to a proposed rescission; 
                and''.
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart B of 
title X of such Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1013 
        through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 through 1018; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1012 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed 
                            rescissions.''.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

    The authority provided by section 1013 of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as added by section 2) shall 
terminate effective on the date in 2015 on which the Congress adjourns 
sine die.
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