    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 117th Congress]
    [117th Congress]
    [House Document 116-177]
    [Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
    [Pages 1349-1354]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                           35. VA Mission Act of 2018

      a. department of veterans affairs center for innovation for care and

                           payment. [38 u.s.c. 1703e]

             Sec. 1703E. center for innovation for care and payment

              (a) In General--

                      (1) There is established within the Department a

                    Center for Innovation for Care and Payment (in this

                    section referred to as the ``Center'').

                      (2) The Secretary, acting through the Center, may

                    carry out such pilot programs the Secretary determines

                    to be appropriate to develop innovative approaches to

                    testing payment and service delivery models in order to

                    reduce expenditures while preserving or enhancing the

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                    quality of care furnished by the Department.

                                      * * *

              (f) Waiver of Authorities--

                      (1) Subject to reporting under paragraph (2) and

                    approval under paragraph (3), in implementing a pilot

                    program under this section, the Secretary may waive such

                    requirements in subchapters I, II, and III of this

                    chapter as the Secretary determines necessary solely for

                    the purposes of carrying out this section with respect

                    to testing models described in subsection (a).

                      (2) Before waiving any authority under paragraph (1),

                    the Secretary shall submit to the Speaker of the House

                    of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of

                    Representatives, the majority leader of the House of

                    Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate, and

                    each standing committee with jurisdiction under the

                    rules of the Senate and of the House of Representatives

                    to report a bill to amend the provision or provisions of

                    law that would be waived by the Department, a report on

                    a request for waiver that describes in detail the

                    following:

                          (A) The specific authorities to be waived under

                        the pilot program.

                                      * * *

                      (3)(A) Upon receipt of a report submitted under

                    paragraph (2), each House of Congress shall provide

                    copies of the report to the chairman and ranking member

                    of each standing committee with jurisdiction under the

                    rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate to

                    report a bill to amend the provision or provisions of

                    law that would be waived by the Department under this

                    subsection.

                      (B) The waiver requested by the Secretary under

                    paragraph (2) shall be considered approved under this

                    paragraph if there is enacted into law a joint

                    resolution approving such request in its entirety.

                      (C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``joint

                    resolution'' means only a joint resolution which is

                    introduced within the period of five legislative days

                    beginning on the date on which the Secretary transmits

                    the report to the Congress under such paragraph (2),

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                    and--

                          (i) which does not have a preamble; and

                          (ii) the matter after the resolving clause of

                        which is as follows: ``that Congress approves the

                        request for a waiver under section 1703E(f) of title

                        38, United States Code, as submitted by the

                        Secretary on ___'', the blank space being filled

                        with the appropriate date.

                      (D)(i) Any committee of the House of Representatives

                    to which a joint resolution is referred shall report it

                    to the House without amendment not later than 15

                    legislative days after the date of introduction thereof.

                    If a committee fails to report the joint resolution

                    within that time period, the committee shall be

                    discharged from further consideration of the joint

                    resolution.

                          (ii) It shall be in order at any time after the

                        third legislative day after each committee

                        authorized to consider a joint resolution has

                        reported or has been discharged from consideration

                        of a joint resolution, to move to proceed to

                        consider the joint resolution in the House. All

                        points of order against the motion are waived. Such

                        a motion shall not be in order after the House has

                        disposed of a motion to proceed on a joint

                        resolution addressing a particular submission. The

                        previous question shall be considered as ordered on

                        the motion to its adoption without intervening

                        motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A motion

                        to reconsider the vote by which the motion is

                        disposed of shall not be in order.

                          (iii) The 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 to its passage without

                        intervening motion except two hours of debate

                        equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

                        an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on

                        passage of the joint resolution shall not be in

                        order.

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     b. va asset and infrastructure review act of 2018, Sec. Sec. 203, 207
      In the 116th Congress, the House passed an unreported joint resolution
    pursuant to subsection (f) under suspension of the rules (H.J. Res. 80,
    Jan. 13, 2020, p. _).

                              [38 u.s.c. 8122 note]

                 Sec. 203. procedure for making recommendations.

                                      * * *

              (b) Recommendations of the Secretary--

                      (1) Publication in the Federal Register--The Secretary

                    shall, not later than January 31, 2022, and after

                    consulting with veterans service organizations, publish

                    in the Federal Register and transmit to the Committees

                    on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of

                    Representatives and to the Commission a report detailing

                    the recommendations regarding the modernization or

                    realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health

                    Administration on the basis of the final criteria

                    referred to in subsection (a)(2) that are applicable.

                                      * * *

              (d) Review by the President--

                      (1) Report--The President shall, not later than

                    February 15, 2023, transmit to the Commission and to the

                    Congress a report containing the President's approval or

                    disapproval of the Commission's recommendations.

                                      * * *

                      (4) Transmittal of Recommendations to Congress--If the

                    President approves all recommendations of the Commission

                    transmitted to the President under paragraph (3), the

                    President shall transmit a copy of such recommendations

                    to the Congress, together with a certification of such

                    approval.

                                      * * *

           Sec. 207. congressional consideration of commission report.

              (a) Disapproval Resolution--For purposes of this subtitle, the

            term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution which is

            introduced within the 5-day period beginning on the date on

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            which the President trans

            mits the report to the Congress under section 203(d), and--

                      (1) which does not have a preamble;

                      (2) the matter after the resolving clause of which is

                    as follows: ``that Congress disapproves the

                    recommendations of the VHA Asset and Infrastructure

                    Review Commission as submitted by the President on

                    ___'', the blank space being filled with the appropriate

                    date; and

                      (3) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint

                    resolution disapproving the recommendations of the VHA

                    Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission.''.

              (b) Consideration in the House of Representatives--

                      (1) Reporting and Discharge--Any committee of the

                    House of Representatives to which a joint resolution is

                    referred shall report it to the House without amendment

                    not later than 15 legislative days after the date of

                    introduction thereof. If a committee fails to report the

                    joint resolution within that period, the committee shall

                    be discharged from further consideration of the joint

                    resolution.

                      (2) Proceeding to Consideration--It shall be in order

                    at any time after the third legislative day after each

                    committee authorized to consider a joint resolution has

                    reported or has been discharged from consideration of a

                    joint resolution, to move to proceed to consider the

                    joint resolution in the House. All points of order

                    against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not

                    be in order after the House has disposed of a motion to

                    proceed on a joint resolution addressing a particular

                    submission. The previous question shall be considered as

                    ordered on the motion to its adoption without

                    intervening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A

                    motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is

                    disposed of shall not be in order.

                      (3) Consideration--The 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 to its passage without

                    intervening motion except 2 hours of debate equally

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                    divided and controlled by the pro

                    ponent and and opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote

                    on passage of the joint resolution shall not be in

                    order.

                                      * * *

              (d) Amendment Not In Order--A joint resolution of disapproval

            considered pursuant to this section shall not be subject to

            amendment in either the House of Representatives or the Senate.

              (e) Coordination With Action By Other House--

                      (1) In General--If, before the passage by one House of

                    the joint resolution of that House, that House receives

                    the joint resolution from the other House, then the

                    following procedures shall apply:

                          (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 joint resolution--

                            (i) the procedure in that House shall be the

                        same as if no joint resolution had been received

                        from the other House; but

                            (ii) the vote on passage shall be on the joint

                        resolution of the other House.

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                                                               Sec. 1130(36)