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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1206 

To establish the Federal Agency Sunset Commission. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2023 

Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. NORMAN, 

Mr. PERRY, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. OGLES, Mr. 

BRECHEEN, Mr. BURLISON, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. WEBER of 

Texas, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mrs. LUNA, and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 establish the Federal Agency Sunset Commission. 

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 ‘‘Federal Agency Sunset 

5 Commission Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REVIEW AND ABOLISHMENT OF FEDERAL AGEN2 CIES. 

3 (a) SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW.—(1) Not later than one 

4 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Fed5 eral Agency Sunset Commission established under section 

6 3 shall submit to Congress a schedule for review by the 

7 Commission of each agency that lists the date of abolish8 ment for each agency. 

9 (2) Such date of abolishment shall occur at least once 

10 every 12 years (or less, if determine appropriate by Con11 gress). 

12 (3) The Schedule for review will be in the form of 

13 a joint resolution. 

14 (b) REVIEW OF AGENCIES PERFORMING RELATED

15 FUNCTIONS.—In determining the schedule for review of 

16 agencies under subsection (a), the Commission shall pro17 vide that agencies that perform similar or related func18 tions be reviewed concurrently to promote efficiency and 

19 consolidation. 

20 (c) ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall be re22 viewed and abolished according to the schedule cre23 ated pursuant to this section and approved under 

24 section 9, unless the agency is reauthorized by the 

25 Congress. 


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1 (2) EXTENSION.—The date of abolishment for 

2 an agency may be extended for an additional 2 years 

3 if the Congress enacts legislation extending such 

4 date by a vote of a supermajority of the House of 

5 Representatives and the Senate. 

6 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com8 mission to be known as the ‘‘Federal Agency Sunset Com9 mission’’. 

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) The Commission shall be composed of 13 

12 members (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘members’’) 

13 who shall be appointed as follows: 

14 (A) 1 shall be appointed by the President. 

15 (B) 3 shall be appointed by the majority 

16 leader of the Senate, of whom— 

17 (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 

18 the Senate; and 

19 (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con20 gress and shall have expertise in the oper21 ation and administration of Federal Gov22 ernment programs. 

23 (C) 3 shall be appointed by the minority 

24 leader of the Senate, of whom— 


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1 (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 

2 the Senate; and 

3 (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con4 gress and shall have expertise in the oper5 ation and administration of Federal Gov6 ernment programs. 

7 (D) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 

8 the House of Representatives, of whom— 

9 (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 

10 the House of Representatives; and 

11 (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con12 gress and shall have expertise in the oper13 ation and administration of Federal Gov14 ernment programs. 

15 (E) 3 shall be appointed by the minority 

16 leader of the House of Representatives, of 

17 whom— 

18 (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 

19 the House of Representatives; and 

20 (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con21 gress and shall have expertise in the oper22 ation and administration of Federal Gov23 ernment programs. 

24 (c) CONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP.—If a member 

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1 gress and the member ceases to be a Member of Congress, 

2 that member shall cease to be a member of the Commis3 sion. 

4 (d) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—All initial appoint5 ments to the Commission shall be made not later than 90 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (e) TERMS OF MEMBERS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member appointed to 

9 the Commission shall serve for a term of 6 years. 

10 (2) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commis11 sion— 

12 (A) shall not affect the powers of the Com13 mission; and 

14 (B) shall be filled in the same manner as 

15 the original appointment not later than 30 days 

16 after the date on which the vacancy occurs. 

17 (f) CHAIRMAN; VICE CHAIRMAN.—The Commission 

18 shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from 

19 among the members of the Commission for a term of 4 

20 years. 

21 (g) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

22 (1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis23 sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 

24 hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and 

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1 dence as the Commission considers appropriate. The 

2 Commission may administer oaths to witnesses ap3 pearing before it. 

4 (2) OBTAINING INFORMATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 

6 secure directly from any agency or advisory 

7 committee information necessary to enable it to 

8 carry out its duties under this Act. 

9 (B) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—On re10 quest of the Chairperson of the Commission, 

11 the head of the agency, or the Chair of the ad12 visory committee shall furnish information to 

13 the Commission in a full and timely manner. 

14 (3) SUBPOENA POWER.— 

15 (A) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUBPOENA.— 

16 The Commission may issue a subpoena to re17 quire the attendance and testimony of witnesses 

18 and the production of evidence relating to any 

19 matter under investigation by the Commission. 

20 (B) COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA.—If a 

21 person refuses to obey an order or subpoena of 

22 the Commission that is issued in connection 

23 with a Commission proceeding, the Commission 

24 may apply to the United States district court in 

25 the judicial district in which the proceeding is 


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1 held for an order requiring the person to com2 ply with the subpoena or order. 

3 (4) IMMUNITY.—The Commission is an agency 

4 of the United States for purposes of part V of title 

5 18, United States Code (relating to immunity of wit6 nesses). 

7 (5) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission 

8 may contract with and compensate government and 

9 private agencies or persons for services without re10 gard to section 6101 of title 41, United States Code 

11 (relating to advertising requirement for Federal Gov12 ernment purchases and sales). 

13 (h) COMMISSION PROCEDURES.— 

14 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 45 days 

15 after the date on which all members of the Commis16 sion have been appointed, the Commission shall hold 

17 the first meeting of the Commission. 

18 (2) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

19 the call of the Chairman and not less than 2 times 

20 per year. 

21 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

22 the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 

23 (4) VOTING.—The schedule for review sub24 mitted pursuant to section 2(a) and the report and 

25 joint resolution submitted pursuant to section 4 


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1 shall have the approval of not less than a majority 

2 of the members of the Commission. 

3 (i) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

4 (1) COMPENSATION.—Members shall not be 

5 paid by reason of their service as members. 

6 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall 

7 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

8 subsistence in accordance with applicable provisions 

9 under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

10 States Code. 

11 (3) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall have an 

12 executive director who shall be appointed and termi13 nated by the Chairperson of the Commission. 

14 (A) The executive director must be con15 firmed by a vote of at least seven members of 

16 the Commission. 

17 (B) The Director may appoint and fix the 

18 pay of additional personnel as the Director con19 siders appropriate. 

20 (4) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE

21 LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Commission 

22 shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 

23 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 

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1 ter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classi2 fication and General Schedule pay rates. 

3 (j) OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 

4 (1) POSTAL AND PRINTING SERVICES.—The 

5 Commission may use the United States mails and 

6 obtain printing and binding services in the same 

7 manner and under the same conditions as other de8 partments and agencies of the Federal Government. 

9 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.— 

10 Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis11 trator of General Services shall provide to the Com12 mission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 

13 support services necessary for the Commission to 

14 carry out its duties under this Act. 

15 (3) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Com16 mission may procure temporary and intermittent 

17 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 

18 States Code. 

19 (4) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, 

20 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop21 erty. 


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1 SEC. 4. REVIEW OF EFFICIENCY AND NEED FOR FEDERAL 

2 AGENCIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall review the 

4 efficiency and public need for each agency using criteria 

5 described in section 5. 

6 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS; REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

7 The Commission shall submit to Congress and the Presi8 dent not later than September 1 of each year a report 

9 containing— 

10 (1) an analysis of the efficiency of operation 

11 and public need for each agency to be reviewed in 

12 the year in which the report is submitted pursuant 

13 to the schedule submitted to Congress under section 

14 2; 

15 (2) an analysis of authority claimed by the ex16 ecutive branch but not specifically authorized by 

17 statute; 

18 (3) recommendations on whether each such 

19 agency should be abolished, reorganized, or contin20 ued; 

21 (4) recommendations on whether the functions 

22 of any other agencies should be consolidated, trans23 ferred, or reorganized in an agency to be reviewed 

24 in the year in which the report is submitted pursu25 ant to the schedule submitted to Congress under 

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1 (5) recommendations for administrative and 

2 legislative action with respect to each such agency, 

3 but not including recommendations for appropriation 

4 levels. 

5 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The Commission shall sub6 mit to Congress and the President not later than Sep7 tember 1 of each year a joint resolution to carry out the 

8 recommendations of the Commission under subsection (b). 

9 (d) INFORMATION GATHERING.—The Commission 

10 shall— 

11 (1) conduct public hearings on the abolishment 

12 of each agency reviewed under subsection (b); 

13 (2) provide an opportunity for public comment 

14 on the abolishment of each such agency; 

15 (3) require the agency to provide information to 

16 the Commission as appropriate; and 

17 (4) consult with the General Accountability Of18 fice, the Office of Management and Budget, the 

19 Comptroller General, and the chairman and ranking 

20 minority members of the committees of Congress 

21 with oversight responsibility for the agency being re22 viewed regarding the operation of the agency. 

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1 tion 9 in reviewing the efficiency and public need for each 

2 agency under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 5. CRITERIA FOR REVIEW. 

4 The Commission shall evaluate the efficiency and 

5 public need for each agency pursuant to section 4 using 

6 the following criteria: 

7 (1) The effectiveness, and the efficiency of the 

8 operation of, the programs carried out by each such 

9 agency. 

10 (2) Whether the programs carried out by the 

11 agency are cost-effective. 

12 (3) Whether the agency has acted outside the 

13 scope of its original authority, and whether the origi14 nal objectives of the agency have been achieved. 

15 (4) Whether less restrictive or alternative meth16 ods exist to carry out the functions of the agency. 

17 (5) The extent to which the jurisdiction of, and 

18 the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 

19 or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 

20 other agencies. 

21 (6) The potential benefits of consolidating pro22 grams administered by the agency with similar or 

23 duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po24 tential for consolidating such programs. 


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1 (7) The number and types of beneficiaries or 

2 persons served by programs carried out by the agen3 cy. 

4 (8) The extent to which any trends, develop5 ments, and emerging conditions that are likely to af6 fect the future nature and extent of the problems or 

7 needs that the programs carried out by the agency 

8 are intended to address. 

9 (9) The extent to which the agency has com10 plied with the applicable provisions contained in the 

11 sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 

12 1124, 1125, and the first 9703 of title 31, United 

13 States Code, section 306 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, and chapter 28 of title 39, United States 

15 Code. 

16 (10) The promptness and effectiveness with 

17 which the agency seeks public input and input from 

18 State and local governments on the efficiency and ef19 fectiveness of the performance of the functions of 

20 the agency. 

21 (11) Whether the agency has worked to enact 

22 changes in the law that are intended to benefit the 

23 public as a whole rather than the specific business, 

24 institution, or individuals that the agency regulates. 


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1 (12) The extent to which the agency has en2 couraged participation by the public as a whole in 

3 making its rules and decisions rather than encour4 aging participation solely by those it regulates. 

5 (13) The extent to which the public participa6 tion in rulemaking and decision making of the agen7 cy has resulted in rules and decisions compatible 

8 with the objectives of the agency. 

9 (14) The extent to which the agency complies 

10 with equal employment opportunity requirements re11 garding equal employment opportunity. 

12 (15) The extent of the regulatory, privacy, and 

13 paperwork impacts of the programs carried out by 

14 the agency. 

15 (16) The extent to which the agency has coordi16 nated with State and local governments in per17 forming the functions of the agency. 

18 (17) The potential effects of abolishing the 

19 agency on State and local governments. 

20 (18) The extent to which changes are necessary 

21 in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order 

22 that the functions of the agency can be performed 

23 in the most efficient and effective manner. 


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1 SEC. 6. OVERSIGHT BY COMMISSION. 

2 (a) MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REC3 OMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall monitor imple4 mentation of laws enacting provisions that incorporate rec5 ommendations of the Commission with respect to abolish6 ment or reorganization of agencies. 

7 (b) MONITORING OF OTHER RELEVANT LEGISLA8 TION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall review 

10 and report to Congress on all legislation introduced 

11 in either house of Congress that would establish— 

12 (A) a new agency; or 

13 (B) a new program to be carried out by an 

14 existing agency. 

15 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commission 

16 shall include in each report submitted to Congress 

17 under paragraph (1) an analysis of whether— 

18 (A) the functions of the proposed agency 

19 or program could be carried out by one or more 

20 existing agencies; 

21 (B) the functions of the proposed agency 

22 or program could be carried out in a less re23 strictive manner than the manner proposed in 

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1 (C) the legislation provides for public input 

2 regarding the performance of functions by the 

3 proposed agency or program. 

4 SEC. 7. DISPOSITION OF AGENCY AFFAIRS. 

5 The President, in consultation with the head of an 

6 agency determined to be abolished pursuant to section 

7 2(c), shall take such action as may be necessary to wind 

8 down the operation of such agency during the one year 

9 period following the date of abolishment for each such 

10 agency including the designation of an agency to carry out 

11 any ongoing authority, maintain custodial records, act as 

12 a party to unresolved legal actions or other obligations 

13 that cannot be resolved within one year. 

14 SEC. 8. PROGRAM INVENTORY. 

15 (a) PREPARATION.—The Comptroller General and 

16 the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in co17 operation with the Director of the Congressional Research 

18 Service, shall prepare an inventory of Federal programs 

19 (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘program inventory’’) with20 in each agency. 

21 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program inven22 tory is to advise and assist the Congress and the Commis23 sion in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Such 

24 inventory shall not in any way bind the committees of the 

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1 their responsibilities under this Act and shall not infringe 

2 on the legislative and oversight responsibilities of such 

3 committees. The Comptroller General shall compile and 

4 maintain the inventory and the Director of the Congres5 sional Budget Office shall provide budgetary information 

6 for inclusion in the inventory. 

7 (c) INVENTORY CONTENT.—The program inventory 

8 shall set forth for each program each of the following mat9 ters: 

10 (1) The specific provision or provisions of law 

11 authorizing the program. 

12 (2) The committees of the Senate and the 

13 House of Representatives which have legislative or 

14 oversight jurisdiction over the program. 

15 (3) A brief statement of the purpose or pur16 poses to be achieved by the program. 

17 (4) The committees which have jurisdiction over 

18 legislation providing new budget authority for the 

19 program, including the appropriate subcommittees of 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

21 the House of Representatives. 

22 (5) The agency and, if applicable, the subdivi23 sion thereof responsible for administering the pro24 gram. 


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1 (6) The grants-in-aid, if any, provided by such 

2 program to State and local governments. 

3 (7) The next reauthorization date for the pro4 gram. 

5 (8) A unique identification number which links 

6 the program and functional category structure. 

7 (9) The year in which the program was origi8 nally established and, where applicable, the year in 

9 which the program expires. 

10 (10) Where applicable, the year in which new 

11 budget authority for the program was last author12 ized and the year in which current authorizations of 

13 new budget authority expire. 

14 (11) Any other information the Commission de15 termines to be necessary. 

16 (d) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The report also shall set 

17 forth for each program whether the new budget authority 

18 provided for such program is— 

19 (1) authorized for a definite period of time; 

20 (2) authorized in a specific dollar amount but 

21 without limit of time; 

22 (3) authorized without limit of time or dollar 

23 amounts; 

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1 (5) permanently provided, as determined by the 

2 Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 

3 (e) CBO INFORMATION.—For each program or group 

4 of programs, the program inventory also shall include in5 formation prepared by the Director of the Congressional 

6 Budget Office indicating each of the following matters: 

7 (1) The amounts of new budget authority au8 thorized and provided for the program for each of 

9 the preceding four fiscal years and, where applicable, 

10 the four succeeding fiscal years. 

11 (2) The functional and subfunctional category 

12 in which the program is presently classified and was 

13 classified under the fiscal year 2020 budget. 

14 (3) The identification code and title of the ap15 propriation account in which budget authority is 

16 provided for the program. 

17 (f) MUTUAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.—The 

18 General Accountability Office, the Congressional Research 

19 Service, and the Congressional Budget Office shall permit 

20 the mutual exchange of available information in their pos21 session which would aid in the compilation of the program 

22 inventory. 

23 (g) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH.—The Of24 fice of Management and Budget and the agencies (and the 

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1 possible, provide the General Accountability Office with 

2 assistance requested by the Comptroller General in the 

3 compilation of the program inventory. Such communica4 tions shall be treated as confidential until a report is 

5 issued under section 4(b). 

6 SEC. 9. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION FOR SCHEDULE FOR 

7 REVIEW. 

8 (a) INTRODUCTION AND COMMITTEE CONSIDER9 ATION.— 

10 (1) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution shall be 

11 introduced in the Senate by the majority leader, or 

12 the majority leader’s designee, and in the House of 

13 Representatives, by the Speaker, or the Speaker’s 

14 designee not later than 60 days after the date on 

15 which the proposed legislation is submitted to Con16 gress. Upon such introduction, the Commission 

17 schedule for review bill shall be referred to the ap18 propriate committees of Congress under paragraph 

19 (2). If the joint resolution is not introduced in ac20 cordance with the preceding sentence, then any 

21 member of Congress may introduce such legislation 

22 in their respective House of Congress beginning on 

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1 sion of such aggregate legislative language provi2 sions. 

3 (2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.— 

4 (A) REFERRAL.—The joint resolution in5 troduced under paragraph (1) shall be referred 

6 to any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in 

7 the Senate and the House of Representatives. A 

8 committee to which the joint resolution is re9 ferred under this paragraph may review and 

10 comment on such legislation, may report such 

11 legislation to the respective House, and may not 

12 amend such legislation. 

13 (B) REPORTING.—Not later than 30 cal14 endar days after the introduction of the joint 

15 resolution, each Committee of Congress to 

16 which the joint resolution was referred shall re17 port the legislation. 

18 (C) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE.—If a 

19 committee to which a joint resolution is referred 

20 has not reported such legislation at the end of 

21 30 calendar days after its introduction or at the 

22 end of the first day after there has been re23 ported to the House a joint resolution involved 

24 a joint resolution, whichever is earlier, such 

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1 from further consideration of such legislation 

2 and such legislation shall be placed on the ap3 propriate calendar of the House involved. 

4 (b) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE.— 

5 (1) CONSIDERATION.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 cal7 endar days after the date on which a committee 

8 has reported a joint resolution or has been dis9 charged from consideration of a joint resolution, 

10 the majority leader of the Senate, or the major11 ity leader’s designee, or the Speaker of the 

12 House of Representatives, or the Speaker’s des13 ignee, shall move to proceed to the consider14 ation of the joint resolution. It shall also be in 

15 order for any Member of the Senate or the 

16 House of Representatives, respectively, to move 

17 to proceed to the consideration of the joint reso18 lution at any time after the conclusion of such 

19 5-day period. 

20 (B) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion to 

21 proceed to the consideration of a joint resolu22 tion is highly privileged in the House of Rep23 resentatives and is privileged in the Senate and 

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1 eration of the joint resolution. If the motion to 

2 proceed is agreed to, the Senate or the House 

3 of Representatives, as the case may be, shall 

4 immediately proceed to consideration of the 

5 joint resolution without intervening motion, 

6 order, or other business, and the joint resolu7 tion shall remain the unfinished business of the 

8 Senate or the House of Representatives, as the 

9 case may be, until disposed of. 

10 (C) LIMITED DEBATE.—Debate on the 

11 joint resolution and on all debatable motions 

12 and appeals in connection therewith shall be 

13 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall 

14 be divided equally between those favoring and 

15 those opposing the joint resolution. A motion 

16 further to limit debate on the joint resolution is 

17 in order and is not debatable. All time used for 

18 consideration of the joint resolution, including 

19 time used for quorum calls (except quorum calls 

20 immediately preceding a vote) and voting, shall 

21 come from the 10 hours of debate. 

22 (D) AMENDMENTS.—No amendment to the 

23 joint resolution shall be in order in the Senate 

24 and the House of Representatives. 


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1 (E) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—Imme2 diately following the conclusion of the debate on 

3 the joint resolution, the vote on final passage of 

4 the joint resolution shall occur. 

5 (F) OTHER MOTIONS NOT IN ORDER.—A 

6 motion to postpone consideration of the joint 

7 resolution, a motion to proceed to the consider8 ation of other business, or a motion to recom9 mit the review joint resolution is not in order. 

10 A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 

11 joint resolution is agreed to or not agreed to is 

12 not in order. 

13 (2) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—If, be14 fore the passage by one House of the joint resolution 

15 that was introduced in such House, such House re16 ceives from the other House a joint resolution as 

17 passed by such other House— 

18 (A) the joint resolution of the other House 

19 shall not be referred to a committee and may 

20 only be considered for final passage in the 

21 House that receives it under subparagraph (C); 

22 (B) the procedure in the House in receipt 

23 of the joint resolution of the other House, shall 

24 be the same as if no joint resolution had been 

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1 (C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the 

2 vote on final passage shall be on the joint reso3 lution of the other House. 

4 (3) DISPOSITION.—Upon disposition of a joint 

5 resolution that is received by one House from the 

6 other House, it shall no longer be in order to con7 sider the joint resolution that was introduced in the 

8 receiving House. 

9 (c) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF

10 REPRESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted— 

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

12 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re13 spectively, and is deemed to be part of the rules of 

14 each House, respectively, but applicable only with re15 spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 

16 in the case of the joint resolution, and it supersedes 

17 other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 

18 with such rules; and 

19 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

20 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

21 they relate to the procedure of that House) at any22 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

23 as in the case of any other rule of that House. 


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1 (d) FALLBACK PROVISION.—If the Senate and the 

2 House of Representatives fail to act within one year from 

3 the date of introduction, the joint resolution takes effect. 

4 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

7 meaning given the term Executive agency in section 

8 105 of title 5, United States Code, except that such 

9 term includes an advisory committee. 

10 (2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘‘calendar day’’ 

11 means a calendar day other than one on which ei12 ther House is not in session because of an adjourn13 ment of more than 3 days to a date certain. 

14 (3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

15 means the Federal Agency Sunset Commission es16 tablished under section 3. 

17 (4) SUPERMAJORITY.—The term ‘‘super-major18 ity’’ means an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 

19 Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

20 (5) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘advi21 sory committee’’ has the meaning given the term in 

22 section 1001 of title 5, United States Code. 

23 (4) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint reso24 lution’’ means a joint resolution consisting of the 

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1 mission under section 4(a)(3) and introduced or re2 introduced under section 7(a). 

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