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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4907 

To save and strengthen critical social contract programs of the Federal 

Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 29, 2019 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. CASE, and 

Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees 

on Rules, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To save and strengthen critical social contract programs 

of the Federal Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Time to Rescue United 

5 States Trusts Act’’ or the ‘‘TRUST Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) CO-CHAIR.—The term ‘‘co-chair’’ means an 

2 individual appointed to serve as a co-chair of a Res3 cue Committee under section 4(a)(4)(C)(i). 

4 (2) CRITICAL SOCIAL CONTRACT PROGRAM.— 

5 The term ‘‘critical social contract program’’ means 

6 a Federal program the Secretary identifies in the re7 port under section 3. 

8 (3) RESCUE COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Rescue 

9 Committee’’ means a committee established under 

10 section 4(a). 

11 (4) RESCUE COMMITTEE BILL.—The term 

12 ‘‘Rescue Committee bill’’ means a bill consisting 

13 solely of legislative language that a Rescue Com14 mittee approves and submits under clauses (i) and 

15 (vi), respectively, of section 4(a)(3)(B). 

16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of the Treasury. 

18 SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL SOCIAL CONTRACT 

19 PROGRAMS. 

20 Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re22 port that identifies each Federal program— 

23 (1) for which a Federal trust fund is estab24 lished; 


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1 (2) the amount of outlays of which, for the fis2 cal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in 

3 which this Act is enacted, were not less than 

4 $20,000,000,000; and 

5 (3) the amount of dedicated Federal funds and 

6 Federal trust fund balances that the Secretary de7 termines will be inadequate, on any date during the 

8 period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

9 Act and ending on the last day of fiscal year 2035, 

10 to meet the total amount of outlays of the Federal 

11 program that would otherwise be made. 

12 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEES. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEES.— 

14 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—On the date on which 

15 the Secretary submits the report under section 3, 

16 there shall be established a Rescue Committee for 

17 each critical social contract program. 

18 (2) GOALS.—The goals of each Rescue Com19 mittee shall be to, with respect to the critical social 

20 contract program for which the Rescue Committee is 

21 established— 

22 (A) avoid depletion of the Federal trust 

23 fund established for the critical social contract 

24 program; 


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1 (B) provide for the solvency of the Federal 

2 trust fund established for the critical social con3 tract program during the 75-year period begin4 ning on the date described in paragraph (1); 

5 (C) simplify the critical social contract pro6 gram to the extent practicable; and 

7 (D) otherwise improve the critical social 

8 contract program. 

9 (3) DUTIES.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.— 

11 (i) IMPROVING CRITICAL SOCIAL CON12 TRACT PROGRAMS.—Each Rescue Com13 mittee may develop recommendations and 

14 legislative language that will significantly 

15 improve the critical social contract pro16 gram for which the Rescue Committee is 

17 established, including by— 

18 (I) increasing the duration of 

19 positive balances of the Federal trust 

20 fund established for the critical social 

21 contract program; and 

22 (II) to the extent practicable, 

23 providing for the solvency of the Fed24 eral trust fund established for the 

25 critical social contract program during 


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1 the 75-year period beginning on the 

2 date described in paragraph (1). 

3 (ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT4 TEES.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date described in paragraph (1), each com6 mittee of the Senate and the House of 

7 Representatives may transmit to the rel8 evant Rescue Committee any recommenda9 tions of the committee relating to changes 

10 in law to improve the critical social con11 tract program for which the Rescue Com12 mittee is established in accordance with 

13 the goals of the Rescue Committee de14 scribed in paragraph (2). 

15 (B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

16 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than No18 vember 12, 2020, each Rescue Committee 

19 shall meet to consider, and may vote on— 

20 (I) a report that contains a de21 tailed statement of the findings, con22 clusions, and recommendations of the 

23 Rescue Committee described in sub24 paragraph (A)(i) and the estimate of 

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1 quired under paragraph (5)(D)(ii); 

2 and 

3 (II) legislative language to carry 

4 out the recommendations of the Res5 cue Committee in the report described 

6 in subclause (I), which shall include a 

7 statement of the economic and budg8 etary effects of the recommendations 

9 during the 75-year period beginning 

10 on the date described in paragraph 

11 (1). 

12 (ii) ADVISORY NATURE.—Any pro13 posed change to the Standing Rules of the 

14 Senate or the Rules of the House of Rep15 resentatives included in a report or legisla16 tive language under clause (i) shall be con17 sidered to be merely advisory. 

18 (iii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG19 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—A report and legis20 lative language of a Rescue Committee 

21 under clause (i) shall require the approval 

22 of a majority of the members of the Rescue 

23 Committee, provided that such majority 

24 shall be required to include not less than 

25 2 members of each party. 


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1 (iv) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.— 

2 (I) IN GENERAL.—A member of 

3 a Rescue Committee who gives notice 

4 of an intention to file supplemental, 

5 minority, or additional views at the 

6 time of the final Rescue Committee 

7 vote on the approval of the report and 

8 legislative language of the Rescue 

9 Committee under clause (i) shall be 

10 entitled to 3 days to file those views 

11 in writing with the staff director of 

12 the Rescue Committee. 

13 (II) INCLUSION IN REPORT.— 

14 Views filed under subclause (I) shall 

15 be included in the report of the rel16 evant Rescue Committee under clause 

17 (i) and printed in the same volume, or 

18 part thereof, and such inclusion shall 

19 be noted on the cover of the report, 

20 except that, in the absence of timely 

21 notice, the report may be printed and 

22 transmitted immediately without such 

23 views. 

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1 approval or disapproval of a report and 

2 legislative language under clause (i) by a 

3 Rescue Committee, the Rescue Committee 

4 shall promptly make the report, the legisla5 tive language, and a record of the vote on 

6 the report and legislative language avail7 able to the public. 

8 (vi) SUBMISSION OF REPORT AND

9 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If a report and 

10 legislative language are approved by a Res11 cue Committee under clause (i), not later 

12 than 3 days after the date on which the re13 port and legislative language are made 

14 available to the public under clause (v), the 

15 Rescue Committee shall submit the report 

16 and legislative language to the President, 

17 the Vice President, the Speaker of the 

18 House of Representatives, and the majority 

19 and minority leaders of each House of 

20 Congress. 

21 (vii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

22 Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con23 strued to prohibit a Rescue Committee 

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1 guage under clause (i) before November 

2 12, 2020. 

3 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each Rescue Com5 mittee shall be composed of 12 members ap6 pointed in accordance with subparagraph (B). 

7 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 14 

8 days after the date described in paragraph (1), 

9 with respect to each Rescue Committee— 

10 (i) the majority leader of the Senate 

11 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

12 Members of the Senate who shall serve as 

13 members of the Rescue Committee; 

14 (ii) the minority leader of the Senate 

15 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

16 Members of the Senate who shall serve as 

17 members of the Rescue Committee; 

18 (iii) the Speaker of the House of Rep19 resentatives shall appoint 3 individuals 

20 from among the Members of the House of 

21 Representatives who shall serve as mem22 bers of the Rescue Committee; and 

23 (iv) the minority leader of the House 

24 of Representatives shall appoint 3 individ25 uals from among the Members of the 


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1 House of Representatives who shall serve 

2 as members of the Rescue Committee. 

3 (C) CO-CHAIRS.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 

5 days after the date described in paragraph 

6 (1), with respect to each Rescue Com7 mittee— 

8 (I) the majority leader of the 

9 Senate shall appoint 1 individual from 

10 among the members of the Rescue 

11 Committee who shall serve as a co12 chair of the Rescue Committee; and 

13 (II) the Speaker of the House of 

14 Representatives shall appoint 1 indi15 vidual from among the members of 

16 the Rescue Committee who shall serve 

17 as a co-chair of the Rescue Com18 mittee. 

19 (ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.—With respect 

20 to each Rescue Committee, the co-chairs of 

21 the Rescue Committee, acting jointly, shall 

22 hire the staff director of the Rescue Com23 mittee. 

24 (D) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The members of a 

2 Rescue Committee shall be appointed for 

3 the life of the Rescue Committee. 

4 (ii) VACANCY.— 

5 (I) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy 

6 in a Rescue Committee shall not af7 fect the powers of the Rescue Com8 mittee, but shall be filled not later 

9 than 14 days after the date on which 

10 the vacancy occurs, in the same man11 ner as the original appointment was 

12 made. 

13 (II) INELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—If a 

14 member of a Rescue Committee ceases 

15 to be a Member of the Senate or the 

16 House of Representatives, as applica17 ble— 

18 (aa) the member shall no 

19 longer be a member of the Res20 cue Committee; and 

21 (bb) a vacancy in the Rescue 

22 Committee exists. 

23 (5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each 

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1 mittee to exercise the powers, functions, and 

2 duties of the Rescue Committee, there are au3 thorized to be disbursed by the Senate the ac4 tual and necessary expenses of the Rescue Com5 mittee approved by the co-chairs of the Rescue 

6 Committee, subject to the rules and regulations 

7 of the Senate. 

8 (B) EXPENSES.—With respect to each 

9 Rescue Committee, in carrying out the func10 tions of the Rescue Committee, the Rescue 

11 Committee is authorized to incur expenses in 

12 the same manner and under the same condi13 tions as the Joint Economic Committee is au14 thorized under section 11(d) of the Employment 

15 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1024(d)). 

16 (C) QUORUM.—With respect to each Res17 cue Committee, 7 members of the Rescue Com18 mittee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 

19 voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 

20 (D) VOTING.— 

21 (i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

22 shall be allowed on behalf of any member 

23 of a Rescue Committee. 

24 (ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

25 ESTIMATES.— 


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1 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 

2 of the Congressional Budget Office 

3 shall, with respect to the legislative 

4 language of a Rescue Committee 

5 under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II), provide 

6 to the Rescue Committee— 

7 (aa) estimates of the legisla8 tive language in accordance with 

9 sections 308(a) and 201(f) of the 

10 Congressional Budget Act of 

11 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and 

12 601(f)); and 

13 (bb) information on the 

14 budgetary effect of the legislative 

15 language during the 75-year pe16 riod beginning on the date de17 scribed in paragraph (1). 

18 (II) LIMITATION.—A Rescue 

19 Committee may not vote on any 

20 version of the report, recommenda21 tions, or legislative language of the 

22 Rescue Committee under paragraph 

23 (3)(B)(i) unless the estimates and in24 formation described in subclause (I) 

25 of this clause are made available for 


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1 consideration by all members of the 

2 Rescue Committee not later than 48 

3 hours before that vote, as certified by 

4 the co-chairs of the Rescue Com5 mittee. 

6 (E) MEETINGS.— 

7 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

8 45 days after the date described in para9 graph (1), each Rescue Committee shall 

10 hold the first meeting of the Rescue Com11 mittee. 

12 (ii) AGENDA.—For each meeting of 

13 each Rescue Committee, the co-chairs of 

14 the Rescue Committee shall provide an 

15 agenda to the members of the Rescue 

16 Committee not later than 48 hours before 

17 the meeting. 

18 (F) HEARINGS.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each Rescue Com20 mittee may, for the purpose of carrying 

21 out this section, hold such hearings, sit 

22 and act at such times and places, require 

23 attendance of witnesses and production of 

24 books, papers, and documents, take such 

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1 minister such oaths as the Rescue Com2 mittee considers advisable. 

3 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE4 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

5 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The co6 chairs of each Rescue Committee shall 

7 make a public announcement of the 

8 date, place, time, and subject matter 

9 of any hearing to be conducted under 

10 this subparagraph not later than 7 

11 days before the date of the hearing, 

12 unless the co-chairs determine that 

13 there is good cause to begin such 

14 hearing on an earlier date. 

15 (II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.—A 

16 witness appearing before a Rescue 

17 Committee shall file a written state18 ment of the proposed testimony of the 

19 witness not later than 2 days before 

20 the date of the appearance of the wit21 ness, unless the co-chairs of the Res22 cue Committee— 

23 (aa) determine that there is 

24 good cause for the witness to not 

25 file the written statement; and 


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1 (bb) waive the requirement 

2 that the witness file the written 

3 statement. 

4 (G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ5 ten request of the co-chairs of a Rescue Com6 mittee, the head of a Federal agency shall pro7 vide technical assistance to the Rescue Com8 mittee in order for the Rescue Committee to 

9 carry out the duties of the Rescue Committee. 

10 (b) STAFF OF RESCUE COMMITTEE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of a Rescue 

12 Committee may jointly appoint and fix the com13 pensation of staff of the Rescue Committee as the 

14 co-chairs determine necessary, in accordance with 

15 the guidelines, rules, and requirements relating to 

16 employees of the Senate. 

17 (2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.— 

18 (A) SENATE.—Members of the Senate who 

19 serve on a Rescue Committee and staff of the 

20 Rescue Committee shall adhere to the ethics 

21 rules of the Senate. 

22 (B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mem23 bers of the House of Representatives who serve 

24 on a Rescue Committee shall be governed by 


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1 the ethics rules and requirements of the House 

2 of Representatives. 

3 (c) TERMINATION.—Each Rescue Committee shall 

4 terminate on the day after the date of the sine die ad5 journment of the 116th Congress. 

6 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF RESCUE COM7 MITTEE BILLS. 

8 (a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.—Only a Rescue 

9 Committee bill shall be entitled to expedited consideration 

10 under this section. 

11 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT12 ATIVES.— 

13 (1) INTRODUCTION.—If a Rescue Committee 

14 approves and submits legislative language under 

15 clauses (i) and (vi), respectively, of section 

16 4(a)(3)(B), a Rescue Committee bill consisting solely 

17 of that legislative language may be introduced in the 

18 House of Representatives (by request)— 

19 (A) by the majority leader of the House of 

20 Representatives, or by a Member of the House 

21 of Representatives designated by the majority 

22 leader of the House of Representatives, on the 

23 next legislative day; or 

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1 ber of the House of Representatives on any leg2 islative day beginning on the legislative day 

3 after the legislative day described in subpara4 graph (A). 

5 (2) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com6 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

7 Rescue Committee bill is referred shall report the 

8 Rescue Committee bill to the House of Representa9 tives without amendment not later than 10 legisla10 tive days after the date on which the Rescue Com11 mittee bill was so referred. If a committee of the 

12 House of Representatives fails to report a Rescue 

13 Committee bill within that period, it shall be in 

14 order to move that the House of Representatives dis15 charge the committee from further consideration of 

16 the Rescue Committee bill. Such a motion shall not 

17 be in order after the last committee authorized to 

18 consider the Rescue Committee bill reports it to the 

19 House of Representatives or after the House of Rep20 resentatives has disposed of a motion to discharge 

21 the Rescue Committee bill. The previous question 

22 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

23 adoption without intervening motion except 20 min24 utes of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

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1 adopted, the House of Representatives shall proceed 

2 immediately to consider the Rescue Committee bill 

3 in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4). A mo4 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

5 disposed of shall not be in order. 

6 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

7 the last committee authorized to consider a Rescue 

8 Committee bill reports it to the House of Represent9 atives or has been discharged (other than by motion) 

10 from its consideration, it shall be in order to move 

11 to proceed to consider the Rescue Committee bill in 

12 the House of Representatives. Such a motion shall 

13 not be in order after the House of Representatives 

14 has disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to 

15 the Rescue Committee bill. The previous question 

16 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

17 adoption without intervening motion. A motion to re18 consider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 

19 shall not be in order. 

20 (4) CONSIDERATION.—The Rescue Committee 

21 bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 

22 against the Rescue Committee bill and against its 

23 consideration are waived. The previous question 

24 shall be considered as ordered on the Rescue Com25 mittee bill to its passage without intervening motion 


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1 except 2 hours of debate equally divided and con2 trolled by the proponent and an opponent and 1 mo3 tion to limit debate on the Rescue Committee bill. A 

4 motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the Res5 cue Committee bill shall not be in order. 

6 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

7 of the Rescue Committee bill shall occur not later 

8 than 3 legislative days after the date on which the 

9 last committee authorized to consider the Rescue 

10 Committee bill reports it to the House of Represent11 atives or is discharged. 

12 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

13 (1) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—If a Res14 cue Committee approves and submits legislative lan15 guage under clauses (i) and (vi), respectively, of sec16 tion 4(a)(3)(B), a Rescue Committee bill consisting 

17 solely of that legislative language may be introduced 

18 in the Senate (by request)— 

19 (A) by the majority leader of the Senate, 

20 or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 

21 majority leader of the Senate, on the next day 

22 on which the Senate is in session; or 

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1 ate is in session beginning on the day after the 

2 day described in subparagraph (A). 

3 (2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A Rescue 

4 Committee bill introduced in the Senate under para5 graph (1) shall be jointly referred to the committee 

6 or committees of jurisdiction, which committees shall 

7 report the Rescue Committee bill without any revi8 sion and with a favorable recommendation, an unfa9 vorable recommendation, or without recommenda10 tion, not later than 10 session days after the date 

11 on which the Rescue Committee bill was so referred. 

12 If any committee to which a Rescue Committee bill 

13 is referred fails to report the Rescue Committee bill 

14 within that period, that committee shall be auto15 matically discharged from consideration of the Res16 cue Committee bill, and the Rescue Committee bill 

17 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

18 (3) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 

19 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, 

20 not later than 2 days of session after the date on 

21 which a Rescue Committee bill is reported or dis22 charged from all committees to which the Rescue 

23 Committee bill was referred, for the majority leader 

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1 cue Committee bill. It shall also be in order for any 

2 Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the 

3 consideration of the Rescue Committee bill at any 

4 time after the conclusion of such 2-day period. A 

5 motion to proceed is in order even though a previous 

6 motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. All 

7 points of order against the motion to proceed to the 

8 Rescue Committee bill are waived. The motion to 

9 proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject 

10 to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 

11 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

12 to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 

13 the consideration of the Rescue Committee bill is 

14 agreed to, the Rescue Committee bill shall remain 

15 the unfinished business until disposed of. All points 

16 of order against a Rescue Committee bill and 

17 against consideration of the Rescue Committee bill 

18 are waived. 

19 (4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to a 

20 Rescue Committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or 

21 a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

22 business, or a motion to recommit the Rescue Com23 mittee bill, is not in order. 

24 (5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

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1 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

2 case may be, to the procedure relating to a Rescue 

3 Committee bill shall be decided without debate. 

4 (d) AMENDMENT.—A Rescue Committee bill shall not 

5 be subject to amendment in either the Senate or the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing a Rescue 

9 Committee bill, a House receives from the other 

10 House a Rescue Committee bill consisting of legisla11 tive language approved by the same Rescue Com12 mittee as the Rescue Committee bill in the receiving 

13 House— 

14 (A) the Rescue Committee bill of the other 

15 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

16 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

17 shall be the same as if no Rescue Committee 

18 bill had been received from the other House 

19 until the vote on passage, when the Rescue 

20 Committee bill received from the other House 

21 shall supplant the Rescue Committee bill of the 

22 receiving House. 

23 (2) REVENUE MEASURES.—This subsection 

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1 Rescue Committee bill received from the Senate is a 

2 revenue measure. 

3 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

4 HOUSE.— 

5 (1) TREATMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEE BILL

6 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If a Rescue Committee bill is 

7 not introduced in the Senate or the Senate fails to 

8 consider a Rescue Committee bill under this section, 

9 the Rescue Committee bill of the House of Rep10 resentatives consisting of legislative language ap11 proved by the same Rescue Committee as the Rescue 

12 Committee bill in the Senate shall be entitled to ex13 pedited floor procedures under this section. 

14 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

15 THE SENATE.—If, following passage of a Rescue 

16 Committee bill in the Senate, the Senate then re17 ceives from the House of Representatives a Rescue 

18 Committee bill approved by the same Rescue Com19 mittee and consisting of the same legislative lan20 guage as the Senate-passed Rescue Committee bill, 

21 the House-passed Rescue Committee bill shall not be 

22 debatable. The vote on passage of the Rescue Com23 mittee bill in the Senate shall be considered to be 

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1 (3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes a Rescue 

2 Committee bill, consideration of a veto message in 

3 the Senate under this paragraph shall be 10 hours 

4 equally divided between the majority and minority 

5 leaders of the Senate or the designees of the major6 ity and minority leaders of the Senate. 

7 SEC. 6. FUNDING. 

8 Funding for each Rescue Committee shall be derived 

9 in equal portions from— 

10 (1) the contingent fund of the Senate from the 

11 appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, sub12 ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate; and 

13 (2) the applicable accounts of the House of 

14 Representatives. 

15 SEC. 7. RULEMAKING. 

16 The provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress— 

17 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

18 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re19 spectively, and, as such, the provisions— 

20 (A) shall be considered as part of the rules 

21 of each House, respectively, or of that House to 

22 which they specifically apply; and 

23 (B) shall supersede other rules only to the 

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1 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

2 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

3 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

4 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

5 any other rule of such House. 

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