[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 102 (Thursday, June 15, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S3557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, 
        Mr. Sanders, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
        Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
        Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. 
        Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, 
        Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
        Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
        Reed, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
        Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Whitehouse):
  S. 1376. A bill to ensure that all fast-tracked reconciliation bills 
are subject to a committee hearing, and for other purposes; to the 
Committee on the Budget.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1376

       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 ``No Hearing, No Vote Act of 
     2017''.

     SEC. 2. COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR RECONCILIATION BILLS.

       (a) In General.--Section 310 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(h) Committee Hearings for Reconciliation Bills.--It 
     shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any 
     reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, unless--
       ``(1) the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution 
     was--
       ``(A) ordered reported to the Senate under subsection 
     (b)(1) by the committee of the Senate receiving 
     reconciliation instructions; or
       ``(B) reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     under subsection (b)(2) after receiving recommendations 
     ordered to be reported to the Committee on the Budget by 1 or 
     more committees of the Senate receiving reconciliation 
     instructions; and
       ``(2) each committee that ordered reported the 
     reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution or ordered 
     recommendations to be reported to the Committee on the Budget 
     held not less than 1 hearing regarding any major provision of 
     the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution within 
     the jurisdiction of such committee.''.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Section 904 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``310(h),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''; and
       (2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``310(h),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''.

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