SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expedited Consideration of Cuts, 
Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CUTS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AND SAVINGS 
              PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 1013 through 1017 as sections 
        1014 through 1018, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 1012 the following:

``SEC. 1013. CUTS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AND SAVINGS REPORT PREPARED BY THE 
              OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `continuous session' relating to a House 
        does not include a period during which that House has adjourned 
        sine die or during which that House is not in session because 
        of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date certain; and
            ``(2) the term `covered bill' means a bill or joint 
        resolution--
                    ``(A) transmitted under subsection (b)(2); and
                    ``(B) introduced under subsection (c).
    ``(b) Special Message.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the 
        publication of any Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings report 
        prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, or any 
        successor thereto, the President may transmit to Congress a 
        special message to carry out all or part of the recommendations 
        contained in the report.
            ``(2) Proposed legislation.--With a special message 
        transmitted under paragraph (1), the President shall include a 
        draft bill or joint resolution that would carry out the 
        recommendations of the President.
    ``(c) Introduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--The majority leader or the minority 
        leader of the Senate and the majority leader or the minority 
        leader of the House of Representatives shall introduce (by 
        request) a bill or joint resolution transmitted to Congress 
        under subsection (b)(2) not later than the end of the second 
        day of continuous session of the Senate or the House of 
        Representatives, respectively, after the date on which the 
        President transmits the bill or joint resolution.
            ``(2) By other members.--On and after the third day of 
        continuous session of the Senate or the House of 
        Representatives after the date on which a bill or joint 
        resolution is transmitted to Congress under subsection (b)(2), 
        and if the bill or joint resolution has not been introduced 
        under paragraph (1) in that House, it shall be in order for a 
        Member of the Senate or the House of Representatives to 
        introduce the bill or joint resolution.
    ``(d) Referral.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the Senate and the House of 
        Representatives, a covered bill shall be referred to the 
        committee or committees of the House with subject matter 
        jurisdiction over that measure.
            ``(2) Reporting.--A committee to which a covered bill is 
        referred--
                    ``(A) shall report the covered bill without 
                substantive revision;
                    ``(B) may report the covered bill with or without 
                recommendation; and
                    ``(C) shall report the covered bill not later than 
                the seventh day of continuous session of that House 
                after the date of receipt of the special message that 
                the covered bill accompanied.
            ``(3) Discharge.--If a committee fails to report a covered 
        bill within the period specified in paragraph (2)(C), the 
        committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the 
        covered bill and the covered bill shall be referred to the 
        appropriate calendar of the House.
    ``(e) Expedited Consideration in the House of Representatives.--
            ``(1) Proceeding to consideration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--After each committee authorized 
                to consider a covered bill reports it to the House of 
                Representatives or has been discharged from its 
                consideration, it shall be in order to move to proceed 
                to consider the covered bill in the House of 
                Representatives.
                    ``(B) Motion.--For a motion to proceed to a covered 
                bill--
                            ``(i) the motion shall be highly privileged 
                        and shall not be debatable;
                            ``(ii) all points of order against the 
                        motion are waived;
                            ``(iii) the previous question shall be 
                        considered as ordered on the motion to its 
                        adoption without intervening motion;
                            ``(iv) an amendment to the motion shall not 
                        be in order; and
                            ``(v) it shall not be in order to move to 
                        reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
                        agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(2) Consideration.--If the House of Representatives 
        proceeds to consideration of a covered bill--
                    ``(A) the covered bill shall be considered as read;
                    ``(B) all points of order against the covered bill 
                and against its consideration are waived;
                    ``(C) the previous question shall be considered as 
                ordered on the covered bill to its passage without 
                intervening motion except 4 hours of debate equally 
                divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
                opponent;
                    ``(D) a motion further to limit debate is in order 
                and shall not be debatable;
                    ``(E) no amendment to the covered bill shall be in 
                order; and
                    ``(F) it shall not be in order to move to recommit 
                the covered bill or to move to reconsider the vote by 
                which the covered bill is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(3) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage of a covered 
        bill shall occur--
                    ``(A) immediately following the conclusion of the 
                debate on the covered bill; and
                    ``(B) not later than the tenth day of continuous 
                session of the House of Representatives after the date 
                on which the covered bill is introduced.
            ``(4) Rules.--
                    ``(A) Appeals.--Appeals from decisions of the Chair 
                relating to the application of the rules of the House 
                of Representatives to the procedure relating to a 
                covered bill shall be decided without debate.
                    ``(B) Other rules relating to consideration.--
                Except to the extent specifically provided in this 
                subsection, consideration of a covered bill shall be 
                governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    ``(f) Expedited Consideration in the Senate.--
            ``(1) Proceeding to consideration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding rule XXII of the 
                Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any 
                time after each committee authorized to consider a 
                covered bill reports it to the Senate or has been 
                discharged from its consideration to move to proceed to 
                the consideration of the covered bill.
                    ``(B) Motion.--For a motion to proceed to a covered 
                bill--
                            ``(i) all points of order against the 
                        covered bill (and against consideration of the 
                        covered bill) are waived;
                            ``(ii) the motion is not debatable;
                            ``(iii) the motion is not subject to a 
                        motion to postpone;
                            ``(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 
                        which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
                        shall not be in order;
                            ``(v) an amendment to the motion shall not 
                        be in order; and
                            ``(vi) if the motion is agreed to, the 
                        covered bill shall remain the unfinished 
                        business until disposed of.
            ``(2) Consideration.--If the Senate proceeds to 
        consideration of a covered bill--
                    ``(A) consideration of the covered bill, 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;
                    ``(B) a motion further to limit debate is in order 
                and not debatable;
                    ``(C) an amendment to, a motion to postpone, or a 
                motion to recommit the covered bill is not in order;
                    ``(D) a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
                other business is not in order;
                    ``(E) debate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
                connection with a covered bill shall be limited to not 
                more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
                controlled by, the mover and the manager of the covered 
                bill, except that in the event the manager of the 
                covered bill is in favor of any such motion or appeal, 
                the time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled by 
                the minority leader or a designee; and
                    ``(F) it shall not be in order to move to 
                reconsider the vote by which the covered bill is agreed 
                to or disagreed to.
            ``(3) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage of a covered 
        bill shall occur--
                    ``(A) immediately following the conclusion of the 
                debate on the covered bill, and a single quorum call at 
                the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance 
                with the rules of the Senate; and
                    ``(B) not later than the tenth day of continuous 
                session of the Senate after the date on which the 
                covered bill is introduced.
            ``(4) 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 covered bill shall 
        be decided without debate.
    ``(g) Rules Relating to Senate and House of Representatives.--
            ``(1) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
        the passage by one House of a covered bill of that House, that 
        House receives from the other House a covered bill--
                    ``(A) the covered bill of the other House shall not 
                be referred to a committee; and
                    ``(B) with respect to the covered bill of the House 
                receiving the resolution--
                            ``(i) the procedure in that House shall be 
                        the same as if no covered bill had been 
                        received from the other House; and
                            ``(ii) the vote on passage shall be on the 
                        covered bill of the other House.
            ``(2) Engrossing.--If a covered bill is agreed to by the 
        Senate or the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the 
        Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
        respectively, shall cause the covered bill to be engrossed, 
        certified, and transmitted to the other House of Congress on 
        the same calendar day on which the covered bill is agreed to.
    ``(h) Suspension of Procedures.--In the Senate and the House of 
Representatives--
            ``(1) a motion to suspend the application of this section 
        shall not be in order; and
            ``(2) it shall not be in order to suspend the application 
        of this section by unanimous consent.''.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--Section 904 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and 1017'' and 
        inserting ``1013, and 1018''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 101'' and 
        inserting ``sections 1013 and 1018''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking ``1016'' and inserting 
                        ``1017''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``1017(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``1018(b)(1)''.
            (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as 
        redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``1012 or 1013'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``1012, 1013, or 1014'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``1012 and 1013'' and inserting 
                        ``1012, 1013, and 1014'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``1012'' 
                        and inserting ``1012 or 1013''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``1013'' and inserting ``1014''; and
                    (C) in subsection (e)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C);
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so 
                        redesignated), by striking ``1013'' and 
                        inserting ``1014''; and
                            (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following:
                    ``(B) he has transmitted a special message under 
                section 1013 with respect to a Cuts, Consolidations, 
                and Savings report; and''.
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart B of 
title X of such Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1013 
        through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 through 1018; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1012 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed 
                            rescissions.''.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

    The authority provided by section 1013 of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as added by section 2) shall 
terminate effective on the date of the sine die adjournment of Congress 
during 2018.
Expedited Consideration of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2015  This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish expedited procedures for congressional consideration of legislation to carry out recommendations included in the Office of Management and Budget's annual Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings report. The report lists proposals included in the President's budget to cut, consolidate, or otherwise produce savings from mandatory and discretionary spending programs. The authority provided by this bill terminates on the date of the sine die adjournment of Congress during 2018. 
Expedited Consideration of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2015