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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1715 

To establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of the 

recommendations set forth in the Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings 

report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 24, 2013 

Mr. PETERS of Michigan (for himself, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. CARNEY, and Mr. 

POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Budget, 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 procedures for the expedited consideration by 

Congress of the recommendations set forth in the Cuts, 

Consolidations, and Savings report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget. 

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 ‘‘Expedited Consider5 ation of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CUTS, CONSOLIDA2 TIONS, AND SAVINGS PREPARED BY THE OF3 FICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres5 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

6 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections 

7 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, re8 spectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following 

9 new section: 

10 ‘‘CUTS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AND SAVINGS PREPARED BY

11 THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

12 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

13 propose, at the time and in the manner provided in sub14 section (b), the carrying out of all or part of the rec15 ommendations contained in the most recent Cuts, Consoli16 dations, and Savings prepared by the Office of Manage17 ment and Budget. 

18 ‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—Not 

19 later than 120 days after the publication of any Cuts, Con20 solidations, and Savings prepared by the Office of Man21 agement and Budget, the President may transmit to Con22 gress a special message to carry out all or part of the rec23 ommendations contained in that Cuts, Consolidations, and 

24 Savings. The President shall include with that special mes25 sage a draft bill or joint resolution that would carry out 

26 his recommendations. 


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1 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER2 ATION.— 

3 ‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of 

4 continuous session of the applicable House after the 

5 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to 

6 Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader 

7 or minority leader of the House of Congress in 

8 which the Act involved originated shall introduce (by 

9 request) the draft bill or joint resolution accom10 panying that special message. If the bill or joint res11 olution is not introduced as provided in the pre12 ceding sentence, then, on the third day of continuous 

13 session of that House after the date of receipt of 

14 that special message, any Member of that House 

15 may introduce the bill or joint resolution. 

16 ‘‘(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be re17 ferred to the committee or committees with subject 

18 matter jurisdiction over that measure. The com19 mittee or committees shall report the bill or joint 

20 resolution without substantive revision and with or 

21 without recommendation. The bill or joint resolution 

22 shall be reported not later than the seventh day of 

23 continuous session of that House after the date of 

24 receipt of that special message. If a committee fails 

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1 riod, that committee shall be automatically dis2 charged from consideration of the bill or joint reso3 lution, and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed 

4 on the appropriate calendar. 

5 ‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint 

6 resolution shall be taken in that House on or before 

7 the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses8 sion of that House after the date of the introduction 

9 of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the 

10 bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the 

11 House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or 

12 joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent13 atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case 

14 of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) 

15 shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en16 grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other 

17 House of Congress on the same calendar day on 

18 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to. 

19 ‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to 

20 the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu21 ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the 

22 committee or committees of jurisdiction of that 

23 House. The committee or committees shall report 

24 the bill or joint resolution without substantive revi25 sion and with or without recommendation. The bill 


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1 or joint resolution shall be reported not later than 

2 the seventh day of continuous session of that House 

3 after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A com4 mittee failing to report the bill or joint resolution 

5 within such period shall be automatically discharged 

6 from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and 

7 the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the 

8 appropriate calendar. 

9 ‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint 

10 resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken 

11 on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of 

12 continuous session of that House after the date on 

13 which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If 

14 the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that 

15 House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives 

16 (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in 

17 the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of 

18 the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution 

19 agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed 

20 bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House 

21 in which the bill or joint resolution originated. 

22 ‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa23 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint 

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1 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order 

2 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

3 is agreed to or disagreed to. 

4 ‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives 

5 on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall 

6 not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally 

7 between those favoring and those opposing the bill 

8 or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate 

9 shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to 

10 move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under 

11 this section or to move to reconsider the vote by 

12 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis13 agreed to. 

14 ‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat15 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of 

16 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or 

17 joint resolution under this section shall be decided 

18 without debate. 

19 ‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided 

20 in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con21 sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec22 tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 

23 Representatives. 

24 ‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to 

25 the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under 


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1 this section shall be privileged and not debatable. An 

2 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor 

3 shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote 

4 by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

5 ‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint res6 olution under this section, and all debatable motions 

7 and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed 

8 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, 

9 and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi10 nority leader or their designees. 

11 ‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable 

12 motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint 

13 resolution under this section shall be limited to not 

14 more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 

15 and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 

16 bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the 

17 manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of 

18 any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition 

19 thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or 

20 his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, 

21 from time under their control on the passage of a 

22 bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any 

23 Senator during the consideration of any debatable 

24 motion or appeal. 


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1 ‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit 

2 debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section 

3 is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint 

4 resolution under this section is not in order. 

5 ‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment 

6 to a bill or joint resolution considered under this section 

7 shall be in order in either the House of Representatives 

8 or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of 

9 this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall 

10 it be in order in either House to suspend the application 

11 of this subsection by unanimous consent. 

12 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section 

13 continuity of a session of either House of Congress shall 

14 be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that 

15 House sine die, and the days on which that House is not 

16 in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 

17 to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of 

18 any period.’’. 

19 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 

20 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a) 

22 and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d) 

24 and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’. 

25 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) 

2 is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘1017’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in9 serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’. 

10 (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) 

11 (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place 

13 it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 

14 1014’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 

16 ‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’; 

17 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 

18 ‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

19 (D) in subsection (e)(2)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

21 subparagraph (A); 

22 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

23 (B) as subparagraph (C); 


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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subpara2 graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert3 ing ‘‘1014’’; and 

4 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (A) the following new subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message 

7 under section 1013 with respect to a proposed 

8 rescission; and’’. 

9 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 

10 for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec12 tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec13 tions 1014 through 1018; and 

14 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec15 tion 1012 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. TERMINATION. 

17 The authority provided by section 1013 of the Con18 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

19 (as added by section 2) shall terminate effective on the 

20 date in 2018 on which the Congress adjourns sine die. 

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