[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5260-S5262]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 933. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. Van Hollen) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2052, to authorize the honorary promotion of Colonel Charles E. 
McGee to brigadier general in the United States Air Force; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BENEFITS.

       No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or 
     allowance by reason of section 1.
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  SA 934. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3877, to amend the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, to establish 
a congressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to temporarily 
suspend the debt limit, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 302. REDUCING EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term 
     ``Executive agency'' under section 105 of title 5, United 
     States Code;
       (2) the term ``amount of the increase in the debt limit'' 
     means--
       (A) the dollar amount of the increase in the debt limit 
     specified in the Act increasing the debt limit; or
       (B) in the case of a suspension of the debt limit, the 
     amount by which the Secretary of the Treasury estimates the 
     debt limit shall be increased at the end of the period of the 
     suspension, which the Secretary shall submit to Congress on 
     the date of enactment of such an Act, or in the case of 
     section 301 of this Act, as soon as is practicable after the 
     date of enactment of this Act;
       (3) the term ``debt limit'' means the limitation imposed by 
     section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code;
       (4) the term ``direct cost of Federal regulation'' means 
     all costs incurred by, and expenditures required of, the 
     Federal Government in issuing and enforcing Federal 
     regulations, rules, statements, and legislation;
       (5) the term ``joint resolution'' means a joint 
     resolution--
       (A) reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     or the House of Representatives in accordance with subsection 
     (d)(3);
       (B) which does not have a preamble;
       (C) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint resolution 
     relating to repeal of costly rules''; and
       (D) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
     follows: ``That the following rules shall have no force or 
     effect: _______.'', the blank space being filled in with the 
     list of major rules recommended to be repealed under 
     subsection (d) by the committees of the House in which the 
     joint resolution is reported;
       (6) the term ``major rule'' means any rule that has 
     resulted in or is likely to result in--

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       (A) an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or 
     more;
       (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, 
     individual industries, Federal, State, or local government 
     agencies, or geographic regions; or
       (C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 
     investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of 
     United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based 
     enterprises in domestic and export markets; and
       (7) the term ``suspension of the debt limit''--
       (A) means an Act that provides that the debt limit shall 
     not apply for a period and that the amount of the debt limit 
     is increased at the end of such period; and
       (B) includes section 301 of this Act and any Act described 
     in subparagraph (A) that is enacted after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b) Reductions in Regulatory Cost.--Not later than 60 days 
     after the date on which the debt limit is increased or a 
     suspension of the debt limit takes effect, Congress shall 
     consider, in accordance with the rules under subsection (e), 
     legislation eliminating rules that results in a reduction of 
     the direct cost of Federal regulation during the 10-fiscal-
     year period beginning with the next full fiscal year by not 
     less than 15 percent of the amount of the increase in the 
     debt limit.
       (c) Action by Agencies.--
       (1) Identification of major rules.--If the amount of the 
     debt limit is increased or a suspension of the debt limit 
     takes effect, each agency shall submit to the Senate, the 
     House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the 
     United States a report identifying each major rule of the 
     agency, as determined by the head of the agency.
       (2) Certification by gao.--After receipt of all reports 
     required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report evaluating whether agencies 
     appropriately identified major rules under paragraph (1), 
     including whether the agencies identified major rules in 
     accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4, 
     or any successor thereto.
       (d) Action by Committees.--
       (1) In general.--Each committee of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Budget of its House a list of the major rules that--
       (A) are within the jurisdiction of the committee, which may 
     include major rules identified in the report of an agency 
     under subsection (c)(1); and
       (B) the committee recommends should be repealed.
       (2) Considerations.--In determining whether to recommend 
     repealing major rules within its jurisdiction, a committee of 
     the Senate or the House of Representatives shall consider--
       (A) whether the major rule achieved, or has been 
     ineffective in achieving, the original purpose of the major 
     rule;
       (B) any adverse effects that could materialize if the major 
     rule is repealed, in particular if those adverse effects are 
     the reason the major rule was originally enacted;
       (C) whether the costs of the major rule outweigh any 
     benefits of the major rule to the United States;
       (D) whether the major rule has become obsolete due to 
     changes in technology, economic conditions, market practices, 
     or any other factors; and
       (E) whether the major rule overlaps with another rule.
       (3) Combining of recommendations.--The Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the 
     House of Representatives, upon receiving recommendations from 
     all relevant committees under paragraph (1), shall report to 
     its House a joint resolution carrying out all such 
     recommendations without any substantive revision.
       (e) Expedited Procedures.--
       (1) Consideration in house of representatives.--
       (A) Placement on calendar.--Upon a joint resolution being 
     reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
     Representatives, or upon receipt of a joint resolution from 
     the Senate, the joint resolution shall be placed immediately 
     on the calendar.
       (B) Proceeding to consideration.--
       (i) In general.--It shall be in order, not later than 60 
     days after the date on which the debt limit is increased or a 
     suspension of the debt limit takes effect, to move to proceed 
     to consider a joint resolution in the House of 
     Representatives.
       (ii) Procedure.--For a motion to proceed to consider a 
     joint resolution--

       (I) all points of order against the motion are waived;
       (II) such a motion shall not be in order after the House of 
     Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed to the 
     joint resolution;
       (III) the previous question shall be considered as ordered 
     on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion;
       (IV) the motion shall not be debatable; and
       (V) a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
     disposed of shall not be in order.

       (C) Consideration.--The House of Representatives shall 
     establish rules for consideration of a joint resolution in 
     the House of Representatives.
       (2) Expedited consideration in senate.--In the Senate:
       (A) Placement on calendar.--Upon a joint resolution being 
     reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, or 
     upon receipt of a joint resolution from the House of 
     Representatives, the joint resolution shall be placed 
     immediately on the calendar.
       (B) Motion to proceed.--
       (i) Timing.--A motion to proceed to a joint resolution is 
     in order at any time after the resolution is placed on the 
     calendar.
       (ii) Motion by any senator.--Any Senator may move to 
     proceed to a joint resolution.
       (iii) Privilege.--A motion to proceed to the consideration 
     of the joint resolution is privileged, except that this 
     clause shall apply only to a motion to proceed to a joint 
     resolution reported by the Committee on the Budget under 
     subsection (d) or to the first joint resolution placed on the 
     calendar after passage in the House of Representatives.
       (iv) Debate.--Debate on a motion to proceed to a joint 
     resolution is limited to not more than 5 hours, equally 
     divided between Senators favoring and Senators opposing the 
     resolution.
       (v) Motion not amendable.--The motion to proceed to the 
     joint resolution is not amendable. A motion to reconsider is 
     not in order. A motion to table is not in order.
       (vi) Other motions not in order.--After a motion to proceed 
     to a joint resolution is agreed to, motions to postpone or to 
     consider other business are not in order.
       (C) Motions and appeals.--All motions and appeals relating 
     to a joint resolution shall be decided by the Senate without 
     debate.
       (D) Floor consideration generally.--If the Senate proceeds 
     to consideration of a joint resolution--
       (i) all points of order against the joint resolution (and 
     against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived;
       (ii) consideration of the joint resolution, and all 
     amendments thereto and 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;
       (iii) a motion to postpone or a motion to commit the joint 
     resolution is not in order; and
       (iv) a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business is not in order.
       (E) Requirements for amendments.--
       (i) In general.--No amendment that is not germane to the 
     provisions of a joint resolution shall be considered.
       (ii) Repeal of major rules.--Notwithstanding clause (i) or 
     any other rule, an amendment or series of amendments to a 
     joint resolution shall always be in order if such amendment 
     or series of amendments proposes to repeal a major rule that 
     would result in a decrease in the direct cost of Federal 
     regulation during the 10-fiscal-year period beginning with 
     the next full fiscal year.
       (F) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall occur 
     immediately following the conclusion of the consideration of 
     a joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the 
     conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the 
     rules of the Senate.
       (G) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
     decisions of the Chair relating to the application of this 
     subsection or the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 
     the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall be decided 
     without debate.
       (3) Consideration after passage.--
       (A) In general.--If Congress passes a joint resolution, the 
     period beginning on the date the President is presented with 
     the joint resolution and ending on the date the President 
     takes action with respect to the joint resolution shall be 
     disregarded in computing the period described in subsection 
     (g).
       (B) Vetoes.--If the President vetoes the joint resolution--
       (i) the period beginning on the date the President vetoes 
     the joint resolution and ending on the date Congress receives 
     the veto message with respect to the joint resolution shall 
     be disregarded in computing the period described in 
     subsection (g); and
       (ii) consideration of a veto message in the Senate under 
     this section shall be not more than 2 hours equally divided 
     between the majority and minority leaders or their designees.
       (4) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
     subsection is enacted by Congress--
       (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 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 
     supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
     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.
       (f) Effect of Joint Resolution.--
       (1) In general.--A major rule shall cease to have force or 
     effect if Congress enacts a joint resolution repealing the 
     major rule.
       (2) Limitation on subsequent rulemaking.--A rule that 
     ceases to have force or effect under paragraph (1) may not be 
     reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule that 
     is substantially the same as such a rule may not be issued, 
     unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by 
     a law enacted after the date of enactment of the joint 
     resolution repealing the original rule.

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       (g) Failure To Enact Reductions in Spending.--
       (1) Determination.--On the date that is 61 days after the 
     date on which the debt limit is increased or a suspension of 
     the debt limit takes effect, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall determine whether legislation has 
     been enacted eliminating rules that reduces the direct cost 
     of Federal regulation during the 10-fiscal-year period 
     described in subsection (b)(1) by not less than 15 percent of 
     the amount of the increase in the debt limit.
       (2) Insufficient reductions.--If the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget determines that legislation has not 
     been enacted that eliminates rules that reduces the direct 
     cost of Federal regulation during the 10-fiscal-year period 
     described in subsection (b)(1) by not less than 15 percent of 
     the amount of the increase in the debt limit, effective on 
     the date of the determination, the limitation in section 
     3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall be equal to 
     the sum of the face amount of obligations issued under 
     chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, and the face 
     amount of obligations whose principal and interest are 
     guaranteed by the United States Government (except guaranteed 
     obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) 
     outstanding on the date of the determination.

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