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[S. 236 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 719
114th CONGRESS
  2d 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, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Perdue, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. 
Kirk) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                            December 9, 2016

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Duplication Elimination Act 
of 2015''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF GAO 
              RECOMMENDATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 22. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF GAO 
              RECOMMENDATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the term `GAO report' means the annual 
        report on duplication, consolidation, and elimination of 
        duplicative government programs required under section 21; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the term `joint resolution' means a joint 
        resolution that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Submission of Proposed Bill.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Contents of special message.--A special 
        message transmitted under paragraph (1) shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) specify recommendations outlined in 
                the GAO report that are excluded from the proposed 
                joint resolution;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) detail why the recommendations 
                described in subparagraph (A) were excluded from the 
                proposed joint resolution; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) specify recommendations outlined in 
                the GAO report that are included in the proposed joint 
                resolution.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Expedited procedure in the senate.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) Amendment.--A joint resolution shall not be 
        subject to amendment in either the House of Representatives or 
        the Senate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) Consideration by the other house.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--If, before passing a 
                joint resolution, one House receives from the other a 
                joint resolution--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the joint resolution from 
                        the other House shall not be referred to a 
                        committee; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) with respect to a joint 
                        resolution of the House receiving the joint 
                        resolution--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) the vote on passage 
                                shall be on the joint resolution of the 
                                other House.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) Rules of house of representatives and 
        senate.--This subsection is enacted by Congress--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Duplication Elimination Act of 
2016''.

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) contains legislative text necessary to--
                            ``(i) address the recommendations contained 
                        in the GAO report for a year that the President 
                        did not exclude; or
                            ``(ii) eliminate or consolidate programs 
                        identified in the GAO report as duplicative or 
                        fragmented; 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 Joint Resolution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 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) Requirements for preparation of proposed joint 
        resolution.--
                    ``(A) Consultation with congress.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The President may not 
                        transmit a proposed joint resolution under 
                        paragraph (1) until after the President 
                        completes consultation with Congress in 
                        accordance with this subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Consultation with committees.--The 
                        President shall consult with the chairman and 
                        ranking minority member of each relevant 
                        committee of the Senate or of the House of 
                        Representatives regarding the contents of a 
                        proposed joint resolution.
                            ``(iii) Requirements for consultation.--The 
                        consultation required under clause (ii) shall 
                        provide the opportunity for the chairman and 
                        ranking member of each relevant committee of 
                        the Senate or of the House of Representatives 
                        to provide--
                                    ``(I) substantive feedback or 
                                recommendations relating to the GAO 
                                report for the applicable year and how 
                                best to legislatively address the 
                                recommendations contained in that GAO 
                                report;
                                    ``(II) recommendations for 
                                alternative means of addressing the 
                                recommendations contained in that GAO 
                                report; and
                                    ``(III) recommendations regarding 
                                which recommendations contained in that 
                                GAO report should not be addressed in 
                                the proposed joint resolution.
                            ``(iv) Relevant committees.--The relevant 
                        committees of the Senate and the House of 
                        Representatives for purposes of this 
                        subparagraph shall be--
                                    ``(I) determined by the President; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) based on the content of the 
                                proposed joint resolution.
                    ``(B) Consultation with gao.--The President shall 
                prepare a proposed joint resolution transmitted under 
                paragraph (1) in consultation with the Comptroller 
                General of the United States.
            ``(3) 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;
                    ``(C) specify recommendations outlined in the GAO 
                report that are included in the proposed joint 
                resolution; and
                    ``(D) identify programs included in the GAO report 
                that should be eliminated or consolidated.
            ``(4) 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.
            ``(5) 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) Introduction by Leaders.--
            ``(1) In the house of representatives.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3)(A), not 
                later than 30 days on which the House of 
                Representatives is in session after the date on which 
                the President transmits a proposed joint resolution 
                under subsection (b), the proposed joint resolution 
                shall be introduced in the House of Representatives (by 
                request) by the majority leader of the House of 
                Representatives or by a Member of the House of 
                Representatives designated by the majority leader of 
                the House of Representatives.
                    ``(B) Joint resolution not introduced.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If, within 31 days on 
                        which the House of Representatives is in 
                        session after the date on which the President 
                        transmits a proposed joint resolution under 
                        subsection (b), the proposed joint resolution 
                        is not introduced in accordance with 
                        subparagraph (A), it shall be in order for the 
                        minority leader of the House of Representatives 
                        or a Member of the House of Representatives 
                        designated by the minority leader of the House 
                        of Representatives to introduce the proposed 
                        joint resolution, subject to paragraph (3)(A).
                            ``(ii) Joint resolution introduction by 
                        others.--If, within 40 days on which the House 
                        of Representatives is in session after the date 
                        on which the President transmits a proposed 
                        joint resolution under subsection (b), the 
                        proposed joint resolution is not introduced in 
                        accordance with subparagraph (A) or clause (i) 
                        of this subparagraph, it shall be in order for 
                        any member of the House of Representatives to 
                        introduce the proposed joint resolution in the 
                        House of Representatives, subject to paragraph 
                        (3)(A).
            ``(2) In the senate.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3)(A), not 
                later than 30 days on which the Senate is in session 
                after the date on which the President transmits a 
                proposed joint resolution under subsection (b), the 
                proposed joint resolution shall be introduced in the 
                Senate (by request) by the majority leader of the 
                Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 
                majority leader of the Senate.
                    ``(B) Joint resolution not introduced.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If, within 31 days on 
                        which the Senate is in session after the date 
                        on which the President transmits a proposed 
                        joint resolution under subsection (b), the 
                        proposed joint resolution is not introduced in 
                        accordance with subparagraph (A), it shall be 
                        in order for the minority leader of the Senate 
                        or a Member of the Senate designated by the 
                        minority leader of the Senate to introduce the 
                        proposed joint resolution, subject to paragraph 
                        (3)(A).
                            ``(ii) Joint resolution introduction by 
                        others.--If, within 40 days on which the Senate 
                        is in session after the date on which the 
                        President transmits a proposed joint resolution 
                        under subsection (b), the proposed joint 
                        resolution is not introduced in accordance with 
                        subparagraph (A) or clause (i) of this 
                        subparagraph, it shall be in order for any 
                        member of the Senate to introduce the proposed 
                        joint resolution, subject to paragraph (3)(A).
            ``(3) Elimination of extraneous matter.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In preparing a proposed joint 
                resolution for introduction under paragraph (1) or (2), 
                the sponsor of the joint resolution shall exclude any 
                provision--
                            ``(i) that is not necessary to eliminate or 
                        consolidate 1 or more programs in an area of 
                        duplication identified in the GAO report for 
                        the year or to address an action identified in 
                        the GAO report for the year;
                            ``(ii) that is not germane to the GAO 
                        report for the year; or
                            ``(iii) affecting direct spending.
                    ``(B) Point of order.--
                            ``(i) In general.--It shall not be in order 
                        in the Senate or the House of Representatives 
                        to consider a provision in a joint resolution, 
                        or a motion, amendment, amendment between the 
                        Houses, or conference report thereon, that 
                        contains a provision described in clause (i), 
                        (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A). If a point 
                        of order under this clause is sustained by the 
                        Chair, the provision shall be stricken from the 
                        measure and may not be offered as an amendment 
                        from the floor.
                            ``(ii) Form of the point of order.--In the 
                        Senate, a point of order under clause (i) may 
                        be raised by a Senator as provided in section 
                        313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
                        (2 U.S.C. 644(e)).
                            ``(iii) Conference reports.--When the 
                        Senate is considering a conference report on, 
                        or an amendment between the Houses in relation 
                        to, a joint resolution, upon a point of order 
                        being made by any Senator pursuant to clause 
                        (i), and such point of order being sustained, 
                        such material contained in such conference 
                        report or House amendment shall be stricken, 
                        and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
                        question of whether the Senate shall recede 
                        from its amendment and concur with a further 
                        amendment, or concur in the House amendment 
                        with a further amendment, as the case may be, 
                        which further amendment shall consist of only 
                        that portion of the conference report or House 
                        amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. 
                        Any such motion in the Senate shall be 
                        debatable. In any case in which such point of 
                        order is sustained against a conference report 
                        (or Senate amendment derived from such 
                        conference report by operation of this clause), 
                        no further amendment shall be in order.
                            ``(iv) Supermajority waiver and appeal.--In 
                        the Senate, this subparagraph may be waived or 
                        suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-
                        fifths of the Members, duly chose and sworn. An 
                        affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members of 
                        the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be 
                        required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
                        the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
                        subparagraph.
    ``(d) Expedited Consideration in the House of Representatives.--
            ``(1) No referral.--In the House of Representatives, a 
        joint resolution--
                    ``(A) shall not be referred to a committee; and
                    ``(B) shall be placed on the appropriate calendar 
                of the House of Representatives.
            ``(2) Motion to proceed.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A motion to proceed to a joint 
                resolution is highly privileged in the House of 
                Representatives.
                    ``(B) Making of motion.--
                            ``(i) In general.--On and after the date on 
                        which a joint resolution is introduced, it 
                        shall be in order for the majority leader of 
                        the House of Representatives or by a Member of 
                        the House of Representatives designated by the 
                        majority leader of the House of Representatives 
                        to move to proceed to the joint resolution in 
                        the House of Representatives.
                            ``(ii) Motion by others.--On and after the 
                        30th day on which the House of Representatives 
                        is in session after the date on which a joint 
                        resolution is introduced, it shall be in order 
                        for any member of the House of Representatives 
                        to move to proceed to the joint resolution in 
                        the House of Representatives.
                    ``(C) Consideration.--The motion to proceed to a 
                joint resolution 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 House of 
                Representatives until disposed of.
            ``(3) Amendments.--During consideration of a joint 
        resolution in the House of Representatives--
                    ``(A) it shall only be in order to offer an 
                amendment that--
                            ``(i) is germane to the GAO report for the 
                        applicable year;
                            ``(ii) is necessary to eliminate or 
                        consolidate 1 or more programs in an area of 
                        duplication identified in that GAO report; or
                            ``(iii) is necessary to address an action 
                        identified in that GAO report; and
                    ``(B) it shall not be in order to offer an 
                amendment affecting direct spending.
            ``(4) Floor consideration.--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.
    ``(e) Expedited Consideration in the Senate.--
            ``(1) No referral.--In the Senate, a joint resolution--
                    ``(A) shall not be referred to a committee; and
                    ``(B) shall be placed on the appropriate calendar 
                of the Senate.
            ``(2) Motion to proceed.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A motion to proceed to a joint 
                resolution is not debatable.
                    ``(B) Making of motion.--
                            ``(i) In general.--On and after the date on 
                        which a joint resolution is introduced, it 
                        shall be in order for the majority leader of 
                        the Senate or a Member of the Senate designated 
                        by the majority leader of the Senate to move to 
                        proceed to the joint resolution in the Senate.
                            ``(ii) Motion by others.--On and after the 
                        50th day on which the Senate is in session 
                        after the date on which a joint resolution is 
                        introduced, it shall be in order for any member 
                        of the Senate to move to proceed to the joint 
                        resolution in the Senate.
                    ``(C) Consideration.--The motion to proceed to a 
                joint resolution 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 Senate 
                until disposed of.
            ``(3) Amendments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--During consideration of a joint 
                resolution in the Senate--
                            ``(i) it shall only be in order to offer an 
                        amendment that--
                                    ``(I) is germane to the GAO report 
                                for the applicable year;
                                    ``(II) is necessary to eliminate or 
                                consolidate 1 or more programs in an 
                                area of duplication identified in that 
                                GAO report; or
                                    ``(III) is necessary to address an 
                                action identified in that GAO report; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) it shall not be in order to offer an 
                        amendment affecting direct spending.
                    ``(B) Minimum number.--Notwithstanding the 
                limitation on the period of consideration of a joint 
                resolution under paragraph (4)(A), and subject to 
                subparagraph (C), it shall not be in order in the 
                Senate to vote on passage of the joint resolution 
                before--
                            ``(i) the majority leader, or a designee, 
                        offers 1 amendment;
                            ``(ii) the minority leader, or a designee, 
                        offers 1 amendment;
                            ``(iii) the chairman of each standing 
                        committee of the Senate, or a designee, offers 
                        1 amendment; and
                            ``(iv) the ranking minority member of each 
                        standing committee of the Senate, or a 
                        designee, offers 1 amendment.
                    ``(C) Waiver.--
                            ``(i) Majority leader.--The majority leader 
                        may waive the requirement under subparagraph 
                        (B)(i).
                            ``(ii) Minority leader.--The minority 
                        leader may waive the requirement under 
                        subparagraph (B)(ii).
                            ``(iii) Chairman.--The chairman of a 
                        standing committee of the Senate may waive the 
                        requirement under subparagraph (B)(iii) with 
                        respect to the amendment of that chairman.
                            ``(iv) Ranking minority member.--The 
                        ranking minority member of a standing committee 
                        of the Senate may waive the requirement under 
                        subparagraph (B)(iv) with respect to the 
                        amendment of that ranking minority member.
            ``(4) Floor consideration.--
                    ``(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 30 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. 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 joint resolution shall only agreed to in the 
                Senate upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
                Members, duly chose and sworn.
                    ``(C) 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 joint resolution shall be decided without 
                debate.
    ``(f) Coordination With Other House.--
            ``(1) In general.--If one House receives from the other 
        House a joint resolution (including a joint resolution that was 
        amended)--
                    ``(A) the joint resolution of the other House shall 
                not be referred to a committee;
                    ``(B) with respect to the joint resolution of the 
                House receiving the resolution, the procedure in that 
                House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 
                been received from the other House; and
                    ``(C) with respect to the joint resolution received 
                from the other House (without regard to whether a joint 
                resolution of the receiving House has been introduced 
                or considered in the receiving House)--
                            ``(i) it shall be in order to move to 
                        proceed to the joint resolution of the other 
                        House in accordance with subsection (d)(2) or 
                        (e)(2), as applicable;
                            ``(ii) if the motion to proceed to the 
                        joint resolution of the other House is agreed 
                        to, the joint resolution shall remain the 
                        unfinished business of that House until 
                        disposed of and shall be considered in 
                        accordance with subsection (d) or (e), as 
                        applicable.
            ``(2) Consideration of veto messages.--If the President 
        vetoes the joint resolution, debate on a veto message in the 
        Senate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided 
        between the majority and minority leaders or their 
        designees.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 719

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 236

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 9, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment