[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 236 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 236

To amend the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to create an expedited procedure 
 to enact recommendations of the Government Accountability Office for 
          consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2015

Mr. Manchin (for himself and Ms. Ayotte) 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 amend the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to create an expedited procedure 
 to enact recommendations of the Government Accountability Office for 
          consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication.

    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 ``Duplication Elimination Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.

    Title II of the joint resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution 
increasing the statutory limit on the public debt'' (Public Law 111-
139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 22. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `GAO report' means the annual report on 
        duplication, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative 
        government programs required under section 21; and
            ``(2) the term `joint resolution' means a joint resolution 
        that--
                    ``(A) makes legislative changes needed to carry out 
                the recommendations contained in the GAO report for a 
                year that the President did not exclude; and
                    ``(B) requires that any savings attributable to the 
                legislative changes described in subparagraph (A) be 
                transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and be 
                used to reduce the deficit.
    ``(b) Submission of Proposed Bill.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the publication of the GAO report for a year, the President 
        shall transmit to Congress a special message accompanied by a 
        proposed joint resolution.
            ``(2) Contents of special message.--A special message 
        transmitted under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) specify recommendations outlined in the GAO 
                report that are excluded from the proposed joint 
                resolution;
                    ``(B) detail why the recommendations described in 
                subparagraph (A) were excluded from the proposed joint 
                resolution; and
                    ``(C) specify recommendations outlined in the GAO 
                report that are included in the proposed joint 
                resolution.
            ``(3) Transmittal.--The President shall submit the special 
        message to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in 
        session and to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if the 
        House is not in session.
            ``(4) Public availability.--The President shall make a copy 
        of the special message and the proposed joint resolution 
        publicly available, and shall publish in the Federal Register a 
        notice of the message and information on how it can be 
        obtained.
    ``(c) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
            ``(1) Introduction.--A proposed joint resolution 
        transmitted by the President under subsection (b) shall be 
        introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next day on which 
        the Senate is in session by the majority leader of the Senate 
        or by a Member of the Senate designated by the majority leader 
        of the Senate and shall be introduced in the House of 
        Representatives (by request) on the next legislative day by the 
        majority leader of the House or by a Member of the House of 
        Representatives designated by the majority leader of the House 
        of Representatives.
            ``(2) No referral.--A joint resolution shall not be 
        referred to a committee in either House of Congress and shall 
        immediately be placed on the calendar.
            ``(3) Motion to proceed.--A motion to proceed to a joint 
        resolution is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 
        and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
        motion is not subject to a motion to postpone, and all points 
        of order against the motion are waived. 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 
        a joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall 
        remain the unfinished business of the respective House until 
        disposed of.
            ``(4) Expedited consideration in the house of 
        representatives.--In the House of Representatives, a joint 
        resolution shall be considered as read. All points of order 
        against the joint resolution and against its consideration are 
        waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
        the joint resolution as to its passage without intervening 
        motion except 2 hours of debate shall be divided equally 
        between the majority and minority leaders or their designees. A 
        motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint 
        resolution shall not be in order. A vote on passage of the 
        joint resolution shall be taken in the House of Representatives 
        on or before the close of the tenth calendar day after the date 
        of the introduction of the joint resolution in the House of 
        Representatives.
            ``(5) Expedited procedure in the senate.--
                    ``(A) Consideration.--In the Senate, consideration 
                of a joint resolution, 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 the majority and minority leaders or their 
                designees. A motion to further limit debate is in order 
                and not debatable. An amendment to, a motion to 
                postpone, a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
                other business, or a motion to commit the joint 
                resolution is not in order.
                    ``(B) Passage.--If the Senate has proceeded to a 
                joint resolution, the vote on passage of the joint 
                resolution shall occur immediately following the 
                conclusion of consideration of the joint resolution, 
                and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the 
                debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
                Senate. A vote on the passage of the joint resolution 
                shall be taken in the Senate on or before the close of 
                the tenth calendar day after the date of the 
                introduction of the joint resolution in the Senate.
                    ``(C) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals 
                from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
                application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 
                be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution 
                shall be decided without debate.
            ``(6) Points of order.--In the Senate or the House of 
        Representatives, a Member of the Senate or House of 
        Representatives, respectively, may raise a point of order that 
        a joint resolution does not meet the definition of a joint 
        resolution under subsection (b).
            ``(7) Amendment.--A joint resolution shall not be subject 
        to amendment in either the House of Representatives or the 
        Senate.
            ``(8) Consideration by the other house.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, before passing a joint 
                resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 
                resolution--
                            ``(i) the joint resolution from the other 
                        House shall not be referred to a committee; and
                            ``(ii) with respect to a joint resolution 
                        of the House receiving the joint resolution--
                                    ``(I) the procedure in that House 
                                shall be the same as if no joint 
                                resolution had been received from the 
                                other House until the vote on passage; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the vote on passage shall be 
                                on the joint resolution of the other 
                                House.
                    ``(B) Revenue measure exception.--This paragraph 
                shall not apply to the House of Representatives if the 
                joint resolution received from the Senate is a revenue 
                measure.
            ``(9) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
        subsection is enacted by Congress--
                    ``(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power in 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 
                joint resolution, 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 
                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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