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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3215

To establish a commission on tax reform. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2003

Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. HALL, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARRETT

of South Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BARTON of Texas, 

Mr. BASS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROWN

of South Carolina, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. 

FOSSELLA, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. GINGREY, 

Mr. GOODE, Ms. HART, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. 

KINGSTON, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of 

California, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 

OXLEY, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 

PLATTS, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 

Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHAYS, 

Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 

WAMP, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 

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 a commission on tax reform.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tax Reform Action 

3 Commission Act of 2003’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The current Federal tax system is fun7 damentally defective, economically counter-produc8 tive, and its complexity leads to staggering costs for 

9 taxpayers. 

10 (2) Complexity and frequent change of the In11 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 cause taxpayer and ad12 ministrative confusion and uncertainty. The signifi13 cant difficulty in understanding tax rules and regu14 lations due to their lack of clarity and readability 

15 annually forces United States taxpayers to expend 

16 enormous sums of time and money on compliance 

17 and administration activities which represent a pure 

18 loss to the economy every year. 

19 (3) A major source of complexity is the use of 

20 the Federal tax system to advance social and eco21 nomic policies. Targeted benefits in the form of pref22 erential rates, exclusions, exemptions, deductions, 

23 credits, deferrals and adjustments are examples of 

24 factors that complicate the Internal Revenue Code of 

25 1986. 
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1 (4) Among the reasons that the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986 is considered unfair is its dis3 similar treatment of similarly situated taxpayers and 

4 because those who have the means to afford profes5 sional advice are more likely to receive optimal treat6 ment and maximum benefits. 

7 (5) The tax laws of the United States are 

8 among the most burdensome and uncompetitive in 

9 the world and those laws make it difficult for domes10 tically-owned United States companies to compete 

11 abroad and in the United States. A domestically12 owned corporation is disadvantaged compared to a 

13 United States subsidiary of a foreign-owned corpora14 tion and international competitiveness is forcing 

15 many United States corporations to make a choice 

16 they do not want to make: go out of business, sell 

17 the business to a foreign competitor, or become a 

18 subsidiary of a foreign corporation. 

19 (6) The current tax system discourages saving 

20 and depresses the level of United States capital ac21 cumulation available for financing investment, which 

22 is critical to the growth potential of the economy, 

23 real income, and living standards. 

24 (7) Past efforts at partial reform of the Inter25 nal Revenue Code of 1986 have not succeeded in re-
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1 ducing its complexity, removing its distortions of 

2 economic incentives, or making it fairer. Those de3 structive problems and others stemming from the In4 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 can and should be ad5 dressed through responsible fundamental tax reform. 

6 Despite the fact that a number of viable tax reform 

7 proposals have been offered, a lack of consensus has 

8 blocked progress toward the consideration and en9 actment of an existing or new plan. 

10 (8) Therefore, in order to proceed with respon11 sible and needed tax reform, it is necessary to estab12 lish a Tax Reform Action Commission charged with 

13 developing a proposal to achieve tax reform that will 

14 benefit all Americans. 

15 SEC. 3. OBJECTIVES OF REFORM. 

16 The Congress finds that it must act to reform the 

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 so that the United States 

18 has a tax system that is—

19 (1) simple, transparent, and efficient; 

20 (2) fair and equitable to all Americans; and 

21 (3) neutral between different activities and be22 tween current consumption and future consumption. 
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1 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 

2 There is established in the legislative branch a Tax 

3 Reform Action Commission (in this Act referred to as the 

4 ‘‘Commission’’). 

5 SEC. 5. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 

6 (a) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM.—Not later 

7 than 2 years after the date on which the Commission is 

8 established, the Commission shall make specific rec9 ommendations to Congress for reform of the internal rev10 enue laws in a manner that incorporates the objectives of 

11 reform set forth in section 3. The recommendations of the 

12 Commission shall be based on its compilation and rec13 onciliation of the recommendations of the task forces con14 vened by the Commission pursuant to section 9 and shall 

15 provide for such appropriate interagency support and co16 operation as may be necessary to attain such objectives. 

17 (b) LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The recommenda18 tions required under subsection (a) shall include legislative 

19 language necessary for carrying out such recommenda20 tions. The Commission shall develop such legislative lan21 guage after conducting such public hearings and con22 sulting with such public or private entities as the Commis23 sion considers necessary and appropriate to make the rec24 ommendations required under subsection (a).
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1 SEC. 6. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION. 

2 (a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission 

3 shall be composed of 15 members, as follows: 

4 (1) Three members appointed by the President, 

5 two from the executive branch of the Government 

6 and one from private life.

7 (2) Four members appointed by the majority 

8 leader of the Senate, one from Members of the Sen9 ate and three from private life. 

10 (3) Two members appointed by the minority 

11 leader of the Senate, one from Members of the Sen12 ate and one from private life. 

13 (4) Four members appointed by the Speaker of 

14 the House of Representatives, one from Members of 

15 the House and three from private life. 

16 (5) Two members appointed by the minority 

17 leader of the House of Representatives, one from 

18 Members of the House and one from private life. 

19 (b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The members of the Commis20 sion shall consist of individuals who are of recognized 

21 standing and distinction and who possess a demonstrated 

22 capacity to discharge the duties imposed on the Commis23 sion. 

24 (c) CHAIR.—The President shall designate a member 

25 of the Commission to serve as Chair of the Commission 
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1 who shall chair the Commission, determine its duties, and 

2 supervise its staff. 

3 (d) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.—The members of the 

4 Commission shall be appointed not more than 30 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. The members 

6 of the Commission shall serve for the life of the Commis7 sion. 

8 (e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall 

9 not affect the power of the remaining members to execute 

10 the duties of the Commission but any such vacancy shall 

11 be filled in the same manner in which the original appoint12 ment was made. 

13 SEC. 7. PROCEDURES. 

14 (a) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 

15 call of its Chair or a quorum of its members. 

16 (b) QUORUM.—A quorum shall consist of nine mem17 bers of the Commission, except that a lesser number may 

18 conduct a hearing under subsection (c). 

19 (c) HEARINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.—For the 

20 purpose of carrying out its duties, the Commission may 

21 hold such hearings and undertake such other activities as 

22 the Commission determines necessary to carry out its du23 ties. 

24 (d) OBTAINING INFORMATION.—Upon request of the 

25 Commission, the Secretary of the Treasury and the head 
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1 of any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

2 Federal Government shall furnish information deemed 

3 necessary by the Commission to enable it to carry out its 

4 duties. 

5 SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION. 

6 (a) COMPENSATION.—Except as provided in sub7 section (b), members of the Commission shall receive no 

8 additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their 

9 service on the Commission. 

10 (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES AND PER DIEM.—Each mem11 ber of the Commission who is not a present Member of 

12 the Congress and who is not otherwise an officer or em13 ployee of the Federal Government shall receive travel ex14 penses and per diem in lieu of subsistence in accordance 

15 with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 

16 Code. 

17 (c) STAFF AND SUPPORT SERVICES.—

18 (1) STAFF DIRECTOR.—

19 (A) APPOINTMENT.—The Chair in accord20 ance with the rules agreed upon by the Com21 mission shall appoint a staff director for the 

22 Commission. 

23 (B) COMPENSATION.—The staff director 

24 shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate 

25 established for level V of the Executive Sched-
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1 ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (2) STAFF.—The Chair in accordance with the 

4 rules agreed upon by the Commission shall appoint 

5 such additional personnel as the Commission deter6 mines to be necessary. 

7 (3) APPLICABILITY OF CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.—

8 The staff director and other members of the staff of 

9 the Commission shall be appointed without regard to 

10 the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov11 erning appointments in the competitive service, and 

12 shall be paid without regard to the provisions of 

13 chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 

14 title relating to classification and General Schedule 

15 pay rates. 

16 (4) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—With the 

17 approval of the Commission, the staff director may 

18 procure temporary and intermittent services under 

19 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

20 (d) PHYSICAL FACILITIES.—The Architect of the 

21 Capitol, in consultation with the appropriate entities in the 

22 legislative branch, shall locate and provide suitable office 

23 space for the operation of the Commission on a non24 reimbursable basis. The facilities shall serve as the head25 quarters of the Commission and shall include all necessary 
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1 equipment and incidentals required for the proper func2 tioning of the Commission. 

3 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES AND

4 OTHER ASSISTANCE.—

5 (1) Upon the request of the Commission, the 

6 Architect of the Capitol, the Commissioner of Social 

7 Security, and the Administrator of General Services 

8 shall provide to the Commission on a nonreimburs9 able basis such administrative support services as 

10 the Commission may request.

11 (2) In addition to the assistance set forth in 

12 paragraphs (1) and (2), departments and agencies of 

13 the United States may provide the Commission such 

14 services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support 

15 services as the Commission may deem advisable and 

16 as may be authorized by law. 

17 (f) USE OF MAILS.—The Commission may use the 

18 United States mails in the same manner and under the 

19 same conditions as Federal agencies and shall, for pur20 poses of the frank, be considered a commission of Con21 gress as described in section 3215 of title 39, United 

22 States Code. 

23 (g) PRINTING.—For purposes of costs relating to 

24 printing and binding, including the cost of personnel de-
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1 tailed from the Government Printing Office, the Commis2 sion shall be deemed to be a committee of the Congress. 

3 SEC. 9. TASK FORCES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of making and com5 piling recommendations of the Commission for submission

6 to the Congress pursuant to section 5, the Commission 

7 shall establish such task forces and designate such depart8 ments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Gov9 ernment as it determines necessary or appropriate to ef10 fectively obtain the expeditious attainment of the objec11 tives specified in section 3. 

12 (b) AGENCY COOPERATION.—Each department, 

13 agency, and instrumentality designated by the Commis14 sion pursuant to subsection (a) in connection with one or 

15 more task forces specified in subsection (a) shall assign 

16 to the Commission representatives of such department, 

17 agency, or instrumentality for service on such task forces. 

18 The Commission, and each department, agency, and in19 strumentality designated for service on a task force under 

20 this section, shall provide such staff and administrative 

21 support services to the task force as may be necessary and 

22 appropriate, in accordance with procedures which shall be 

23 prescribed by the Commission. 

24 (c) DUTIES OF TASK FORCES.—The Commission 

25 shall assign each task force a deadline for submitting its 
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1 recommendations to the Commission and shall inform 

2 each House of the Congress of the convening of each task 

3 force and the deadline assigned to it. Each task force con4 vened pursuant to subsection (a) shall, by such date as 

5 shall be specified by the Commission, provide the Commis6 sion with its recommendations for attaining the goals ad7 dressed by the task force, together with appropriate time8 tables for achieving such goals. 

9 (d) SEPARATE REPORTS AND TERMINATION.—Upon 

10 submission by each task force of its recommendations to 

11 the Commission, the task force shall submit to each House 

12 of the Congress a copy of its recommendations to the 

13 Commission, and shall thereupon terminate. 

14 SEC. 10. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF REC15 OMMENDATIONS. 

16 (a) INTRODUCTION OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND

17 COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—

18 (1) INTRODUCTION.—The legislative language 

19 transmitted pursuant to section 5(b) with the rec20 ommendations for reform of the Commission shall be 

21 in the form of a bill (in this title referred to as the 

22 ‘‘reform bill’’). Such reform bill shall be introduced 

23 in the House of Representatives by the Speaker, and 

24 in the Senate, by the Majority Leader, on the first 

25 day of session ending after receipt of the language 
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1 and such reform bill shall be referred to the appro2 priate committee of Congress under paragraph (2). 

3 If the reform bill is not introduced in accordance 

4 with the preceding sentence, the reform bill may be 

5 introduced in either House of Congress by any mem6 ber thereof. 

7 (2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—

8 (A) REFERRAL.—A reform bill introduced 

9 in the House of Representatives shall be re10 ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means of 

11 the House of Representatives. A reform bill in12 troduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 

13 Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

14 (B) REPORTING.—Not later than 30 days 

15 after the introduction of the reform bill, the 

16 committee of Congress to which the reform bill 

17 was referred shall report the bill or a committee 

18 amendment thereto. 

19 (C) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE.—If the 

20 committee to which is referred a reform bill has 

21 not reported such reform bill (or an identical 

22 reform bill) at the end of 30 calendar days after 

23 its introduction or at the end of the first day 

24 after there has been reported to the House in25 volved a reform bill, whichever is earlier, such 
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1 committee shall be deemed to be discharged 

2 from further consideration of such reform bill 

3 and such reform bill shall be placed on the ap4 propriate calendar of the House involved. 

5 (b) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE.—

6 (1) CONSIDERATION.—

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 days 

8 after the date on which a committee has been 

9 discharged from consideration of a reform bill, 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or 

11 the Speaker’s designee, or the Majority Leader 

12 of the Senate, or the Leader’s designee, shall 

13 move to proceed to the consideration of the 

14 committee amendment to the reform bill, and if 

15 there is no such amendment, to the reform bill. 

16 It shall also be in order for any member of the 

17 House of Representatives or the Senate, respec18 tively, to move to proceed to the consideration 

19 of the reform bill at any time after the conclu20 sion of such 2-day period. 

21 (B) POINTS OF ORDER WAIVED.—All 

22 points of order against the reform bill (and 

23 against consideration of the reform bill) are 

24 waived. 
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1 (C) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion to 

2 proceed to the consideration of the reform bill 

3 is highly privileged in the House of Representa4 tives and is privileged in the Senate and is not 

5 debatable. The motion is not subject to amend6 ment, to a motion to postpone consideration of 

7 the reform bill, or to a motion to proceed to the 

8 consideration of other business. A motion to re9 consider the vote by which the motion to pro10 ceed is agreed to or not agreed to shall not be 

11 in order. If the motion to proceed is agreed to, 

12 the House of Representatives or the Senate, as 

13 the case may be, shall immediately proceed to 

14 consideration of the reform bill without inter15 vening motion, order, or other business, and the 

16 reform bill shall remain the unfinished business 

17 of the House of Representatives or the Senate, 

18 as the case may be, until disposed of. 

19 (D) LIMITED DEBATE.—Debate on the re20 form bill and on all debatable motions and ap21 peals in connection therewith shall be limited to 

22 not more than the lesser of 100 hours or 14 

23 days, which shall be divided equally between 

24 those favoring and those opposing the reform 
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1 bill. A motion further to limit debate on the re2 form bill is in order and not debatable. 

3 (E) AMENDMENTS.—

4 (i) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

5 REPRESENTATIVES.—Subject to clause 

6 (iii), amendments to the reform bill during

7 consideration in the House of Representa8 tives shall be limited in accordance with a 

9 rule adopted by the Committee on Rules 

10 of the House of Representatives. 

11 (ii) CONSIDERATION IN THE SEN12 ATE.—Subject to clause (iii), amendments 

13 to the reform bill during consideration in 

14 the Senate shall be limited to—

15 (I) one first degree amendment 

16 per member or that member’s des17 ignee with 1 hour of debate equally di18 vided; and 

19 (II) germane second degree 

20 amendments (without limit) with 30 

21 minutes of debate equally divided. 

22 (iii) LEADERSHIP AMENDMENTS.—

23 The Speaker of the House of Representa24 tives and the Minority Leader of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Majority 
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1 Leader of the Senate and the Minority 

2 Leader of the Senate may each offer 1 

3 first degree amendment (in addition to the 

4 amendments afforded such members under 

5 clause (i) or (ii)), with 4 hours of debate 

6 equally divided on each such amendment 

7 offered. No second degree amendments 

8 may be offered by the Speaker of the 

9 House of Representatives, the Minority 

10 Leader of the House of Representatives, 

11 the Majority Leader of the Senate, or the 

12 Minority Leader of the Senate in their 

13 leadership capacities. 

14 (F) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—Imme15 diately following the conclusion of the debate on 

16 the reform bill, and on all amendments offered 

17 to the reform bill, and all votes required on 

18 amendments offered to the reform bill, the vote 

19 on final passage of the reform bill shall occur. 

20 (G) OTHER MOTIONS NOT IN ORDER.—A 

21 motion to postpone consideration of the reform 

22 bill, a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

23 other business, or a motion to recommit the re24 form bill is not in order. A motion to reconsider 
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1 the vote by which the reform bill is agreed to 

2 or not agreed to is not in order. 

3 (H) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions 

4 of the Chair relating to the application of the 

5 rules of the House of Representatives or of the 

6 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re7 lating to the reform bill shall be decided with8 out debate. 

9 (2) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—If, be10 fore the passage by one House of the reform bill 

11 that was introduced in such House, such House re12 ceives from the other House a reform bill as passed 

13 by such other House—

14 (A) the reform bill of the other House shall 

15 be subject to the same rules as the rules under 

16 this section governing the reform bill introduced 

17 in the receiving House; and 

18 (B) the procedure in the House in receipt 

19 of the reform bill of the other House, with re20 spect to the reform bill that was introduced in 

21 the House in receipt of the reform bill of the 

22 other House, shall be the same as if no reform 

23 bill had been received from the other House. 

24 Upon passage of a reform bill by either House (or 

25 upon adoption of an amendment by either House to 
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1 a reform bill received from the other House), it shall 

2 no longer be in order in the House passing such bill 

3 (or amendment) to consider any other reform bill 

4 under this section. 

5 (3) CONSIDERATION IN CONFERENCE.—

6 (A) CONVENING OF CONFERENCE.—

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—Immediately upon a 

8 final passage of the reform bill that results 

9 in a disagreement between the two Houses 

10 of Congress with respect to the bill, the 

11 conferees described in clause (ii) shall be 

12 appointed and a conference convened.

13 (ii) CONFEREES DESCRIBED.—The 

14 conferees described in this clause are the 

15 following: 

16 (I) The Speaker of the House of 

17 Representatives. 

18 (II) The Minority Leader of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 (III) The Majority Leader of the 

21 Senate. 

22 (IV) The Minority Leader of the 

23 Senate. 
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1 (V) Each member of the Com2 mittee on Ways and Means of the 

3 House of Representatives. 

4 (VI) Each member of the Com5 mittee on Finance of the Senate. 

6 (B) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—Not later 

7 than 14 days after the date on which conferees 

8 are appointed, the conferees shall file a report

9 with the House of Representatives and the Sen10 ate resolving the differences between the 

11 Houses on the reform bill.

12 (C) LIMITATION ON SCOPE.—A report filed 

13 under subparagraph (B) shall be limited to res14 olution of the differences between the Houses 

15 on the reform bill and shall not include any 

16 other matter. 

17 (D) HOUSE CONSIDERATION.—

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

19 any other rule of the House of Representa20 tives, it shall be in order to immediately 

21 consider a report of a committee of con22 ference on the reform bill filed in accord23 ance with subparagraph (B). 

24 (ii) DEBATE.—Debate in the House of 

25 Representatives on the conference report 
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1 shall be limited to the lesser of 50 hours 

2 or 7 days, equally divided and controlled 

3 by the Speaker of the House of Represent4 atives and the Minority Leader of the 

5 House of Representatives or their des6 ignees. 

7 (iii) LIMITATION ON MOTIONS.—A 

8 motion to further limit debate on the con9 ference report is not debatable. A motion 

10 to recommit the conference report is not in 

11 order, and it is not in order to move to re12 consider the vote by which the conference 

13 report is agreed to or disagreed to. 

14 (iv) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—A 

15 vote on final passage of the conference re16 port shall occur immediately at the conclu17 sion or yielding back of all time for debate 

18 on the conference report. 

19 (E) SENATE CONSIDERATION.—

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—The motion to pro21 ceed to consideration in the Senate of the 

22 conference report shall not be debatable 

23 and the reading of such conference report 

24 shall be deemed to have been waived. 
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1 (ii) DEBATE.—Consideration in the 

2 Senate of the conference report on a re3 form bill shall be limited to the lesser of 50 

4 hours or 7 days, equally divided and con5 trolled by the Majority Leader and the Mi6 nority Leader or their designees. 

7 (iii) LIMITATION ON MOTION TO RE8 COMMIT.—A motion to recommit the con9 ference report is not in order. 

10 (4) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF

11 REPRESENTATIVES.—This subsection is enacted by 

12 Congress—

13 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

14 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re15 spectively, and is deemed to be part of the rules 

16 of each House, respectively, but applicable only 

17 with respect to the procedure to be followed in 

18 that House in the case of a bill, and it super19 sedes other rules only to the extent that it is in20 consistent with such rules; and 

21 (B) with full recognition of the constitu22 tional right of either House to change the rules 

23 (so far as they relate to the procedure of that 

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1 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

2 rule of that House. 

3 SEC. 11. TERMINATION. 

4 The Commission shall terminate 30 days after trans5 mitting its recommendations pursuant to section 5. 

6 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

8 as may be necessary for the activities of the Commission. 

9 In order to provide funding before funds are otherwise 

10 specifically appropriated for such activities, of the 

11 amounts appropriated to the Department of the Treasury 

12 under the account ‘‘Departmental Offices–Salaries and 

13 Expenses’’ there is hereby transferred to the Commission 

14 $2,000,000 for such activities, which amount shall remain 

15 available until expended.

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