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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1583 

To limit the period of authorization of new budget authority provided in 

appropriation Acts, to require analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of existing programs for which continued new budget authority is proposed 

to be authorized by committees of Congress, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2017 

Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. ENZI, Mr. LEE, and Mr. STRANGE) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To limit the period of authorization of new budget authority 

provided in appropriation Acts, to require analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of existing programs for which 

continued new budget authority is proposed to be authorized by committees of Congress, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Legislative Perform5 ance Review Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 For purposes of this Act— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 

2 the term Executive agency under section 105 of title 

3 5, United States Code; 

4 (2) the term ‘‘appropriation Act’’ means an Act 

5 referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States 

6 Code; 

7 (3) the term ‘‘authorization’’ means an Act au8 thorizing new budget authority to be provided in ap9 propriation Acts; 

10 (4) the term ‘‘new budget authority’’ means 

11 budget authority (as defined in section 3(2)(A) of 

12 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

13 622(2)(A))) which is provided in an appropriation 

14 Act; and 

15 (5) the term ‘‘program’’ means any activities or 

16 purposes for which there is a separate authorization 

17 of new budget authority. 

18 SEC. 3. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS SUBJECT TO POINT OF 

19 ORDER. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in either 

21 the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider— 

22 (1) any bill or resolution which authorizes the 

23 enactment of new budget authority for a period of 

24 more than 4 fiscal years, except as provided in sec25 tion 4; or 


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1 (2) any bill or resolution which authorizes the 

2 enactment of an unlimited amount of new budget 

3 authority for any purpose or purposes. 

4 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—In the Senate, a point of 

5 order under this section may be raised by a Senator as 

6 provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget 

7 Act of 1974. A point of order under this section may be 

8 waived in accordance with the procedures under section 

9 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 upon an 

10 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members duly chosen 

11 and sworn. 

12 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

13 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be14 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

15 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

16 to subsection (b), and such point of order being sustained, 

17 such material contained in such conference report or 

18 House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

19 proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

20 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur21 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

22 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

23 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con24 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

25 not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be 


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1 debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sus2 tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

3 derived from such conference report by operation of this 

4 paragraph), no further amendment shall be in order. 

5 SEC. 4. WAIVER OF TIME LIMIT ON AUTHORIZATIONS. 

6 (a) IN THE SENATE.— 

7 (1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—If any com8 mittee of the Senate determines that an authoriza9 tion the enactment of new budget authority for a pe10 riod of more than 4 fiscal years is necessary to ac11 complish the purposes for which the authorization is 

12 made, the committee may report a bill or resolution 

13 containing an authorization for such longer period. 

14 At the same time or later, the committee shall report 

15 a resolution to the Senate providing for a waiver of 

16 the 4-fiscal-year limit contained in section 3(a)(1) 

17 (in this subsection referred to as a ‘‘waiver resolu18 tion’’) and stating the reasons why such a waiver is 

19 necessary. The resolution shall be referred to the 

20 Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

21 (2) REPORTING.—The Committee on the Budg22 et of the Senate may not amend a waiver resolution, 

23 may order the waiver resolution reported favorably, 

24 unfavorably, or without recommendation, as it re25 lates to the effect of the waiver on the ability of the 


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1 Committee on the Budget of the Senate to execute 

2 its duties under section 703(a)(3) of the Congres3 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 623(a)(3)), 

4 and shall report a waiver resolution referred under 

5 paragraph (1) to the Senate not later than 10 days 

6 after the waiver resolution is referred to the com7 mittee (not counting any day on which the Senate 

8 is not in session) beginning with the day following 

9 the day on which the waiver resolution is so referred, 

10 accompanied by the committee’s recommendations 

11 and reasons for the recommendations with respect to 

12 the waiver resolution. If the Committee on the 

13 Budget of the Senate does not report a waiver reso14 lution within the 10-day period under this para15 graph, the committee shall automatically be dis16 charged from further consideration of the waiver 

17 resolution and the waiver resolution shall be placed 

18 on the calendar. 

19 (3) DEBATE RESTRICTIONS.—During the con20 sideration of any waiver resolution, debate shall be 

21 limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 

22 controlled by, the majority leader and minority lead23 er or their designees, and the time on any debatable 

24 motion or appeal shall be limited to 20 minutes, to 

25 be equally divided between, and controlled by the 


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1 mover and the manager of the waiver resolution. In 

2 the event the manager of the waiver resolution is in 

3 favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in op4 position shall be controlled by the minority leader or 

5 a designee. The leaders, or either of them, may, 

6 from the time under their control on the passage of 

7 the waiver resolution, allot additional time to any 

8 Senator during the consideration of the debatable 

9 motion or appeal. 

10 (4) VOTING.—If a waiver resolution is agreed 

11 to by the Senate, section 3(a)(1) shall not apply with 

12 respect to the bill or resolution to which the waiver 

13 resolution relates. 

14 (5) OVERSIGHT HEARING.—Whenever any bill 

15 or resolution is reported by a committee under para16 graph (1), the report accompanying the bill or reso17 lution shall contain a schedule of oversight hearings 

18 by the committee to determine progress being made 

19 toward the intended objectives of the program for 

20 which the authorization is being made. 

21 (b) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

22 (1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—If any com23 mittee of the House of Representatives determines 

24 that an authorization the enactment of new budget 

25 authority for a period of more than 4 fiscal years is 


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1 necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the 

2 authorization is made, the committee may report a 

3 bill or resolution containing an authorization for 

4 such longer period. At the same time or later, the 

5 committee shall report a resolution to the House of 

6 Representatives providing for a waiver of the 4-fis7 cal-year limit contained in section 3(a)(1) (in this 

8 subsection referred to as a ‘‘waiver resolution’’) and 

9 stating the reasons why such a waiver is necessary. 

10 The resolution shall be referred to the Committee on 

11 the Budget of the House of Representatives. 

12 (2) REPORTING.—The Committee on the Budg13 et of the House of Representatives may not amend 

14 a waiver resolution, may order the waiver resolution 

15 reported favorably, unfavorably, or without rec16 ommendation, as it relates to the effect of the waiver 

17 on the ability of the Committee on the Budget of the 

18 House of Representatives to execute its duties under 

19 section 703(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act 

20 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 623(a)(3)), and shall report a 

21 waiver resolution referred under paragraph (1) to 

22 the House of Representatives not later than 10 days 

23 after the waiver resolution is referred to the com24 mittee (not counting any day on which the House of 

25 Representatives is not in session) beginning with the 


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1 day following the day on which the waiver resolution 

2 is so referred, accompanied by the committee’s rec3 ommendations and reasons for the recommendations 

4 with respect to the waiver resolution. If the Com5 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representa6 tives does not report a waiver resolution within the 

7 10-day period under this paragraph, the committee 

8 shall automatically be discharged from further con9 sideration of the waiver resolution and the waiver 

10 resolution shall be placed on the calendar. 

11 (3) DEBATE RESTRICTIONS.—During the con12 sideration of any waiver resolution, debate shall be 

13 limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 

14 controlled by, the Speaker of the House of Rep15 resentatives and minority leader of the House of 

16 Representatives or their designees, and the time on 

17 any debatable motion or appeal shall be limited to 

18 20 minutes, to be equally divided between, and con19 trolled by the mover and the manager of the waiver 

20 resolution. In the event the manager of the waiver 

21 resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, 

22 the time in opposition shall be controlled by the mi23 nority leader or a designee. The leaders, or either of 

24 them, may, from the time under their control on the 

25 passage of the waiver resolution, allot additional 


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1 time to any Representative during the consideration 

2 of the debatable motion or appeal. 

3 (4) VOTING.—If a waiver resolution is agreed 

4 to by the House of Representatives, section 3(a)(1) 

5 shall not apply with respect to the bill or resolution 

6 to which the waiver resolution relates. 

7 (5) OVERSIGHT HEARING.—Whenever any bill 

8 or resolution is reported by a committee under para9 graph (1), the report accompanying the bill or reso10 lution shall contain a schedule of oversight hearings 

11 by the committee to determine progress being made 

12 toward the intended objectives of the program for 

13 which the authorization is being made. 

14 SEC. 5. ANALYSIS, APPRAISAL, AND EVALUATION OF EXIST15 ING PROGRAMS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—No committee of the Senate or 

17 the House of Representatives may report a bill or resolu18 tion authorizing the enactment of new budget authority 

19 for a program for which an authorization of new budget 

20 authority has previously been enacted until the committee 

21 has conducted an analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the 

22 program for which continued new budget authority is pro23 posed to be authorized. If the authorization of the enact24 ment of new budget authority for any program is enacted 

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1 praisal, and evaluation of that program required by this 

2 section is only required before reporting legislation that 

3 would extend the authorization of the enactment of new 

4 budget authority for the fifth fiscal year commencing after 

5 the effective date of this Act and every 4 years thereafter. 

6 (b) COMMITTEE REPORT.—The results of the anal7 ysis, appraisal, and evaluation under subsection (a) shall 

8 be included in the committee report on the bill or resolu9 tion. 

10 (c) AGENCY REPORT.—Whenever a committee of the 

11 Senate or the House of Representatives is conducting an 

12 analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of a program, the head 

13 of the agency which administers the program, or any part 

14 thereof, shall submit to the committee, upon request of 

15 the chairman or ranking member of the committee, an 

16 analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the program. 

17 (d) JOINT HEARING.—The committees of the Senate 

18 and the House of Representatives having jurisdiction of 

19 a program may conduct jointly the analysis, appraisal, and 

20 evaluation required by this section and may conduct joint 

21 hearings. 

22 (e) COMMITTEE REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report of a committee 

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1 termination as to whether the program should be 

2 terminated, modified, or continued without change, 

3 and shall include— 

4 (A) an identification of the objectives in5 tended for the program and the problem or 

6 need which the program was intended to ad7 dress; 

8 (B) whether the program objectives are 

9 still relevant; 

10 (C) whether the program has adhered to 

11 the original and intended purpose; 

12 (D) whether the program has made any 

13 substantial progress toward meeting the objec14 tives originally intended; 

15 (E) the impact of the program on the 

16 economy; 

17 (F) the feasibility of alternative programs 

18 and methods, including tax expenditures, for 

19 meeting the objectives of the program under 

20 consideration and their cost effectiveness; 

21 (G) the relation of all other Government 

22 and private programs dealing with the objec23 tives of the program under consideration, in24 cluding tax expenditure programs; 


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1 (H) an examination of proposed legislation 

2 pending in either House seeking to achieve the 

3 same or related objectives; and 

4 (I) whether the program should be ex5 tended and the further benefits that may be 

6 achieved thereby, including— 

7 (i) an identification of the objectives 

8 intended for the program and the problem 

9 or the need that the program is intended 

10 to address; 

11 (ii) an assessment of the consequences 

12 of eliminating the program, of consoli13 dating it with another program, or of fund14 ing it at a lower level; and 

15 (iii) an analysis of the services and 

16 performance estimated to be achieved if 

17 the program were continued, including an 

18 estimate of when, and the conditions under 

19 which, the program will have fulfilled the 

20 objectives for which the program was es21 tablished. 

22 (2) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—In preparing 

23 a report under paragraph (1), a committee shall 

24 evaluate— 


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1 (A) information in reports, plans, goals, 

2 and progress reviews required under sections 

3 306 and 1115 through 1125 of title 31, United 

4 States Code; 

5 (B) information in reports by the Comp6 troller General of the United States, including 

7 the annual report by the Comptroller General 

8 regarding opportunities to reduce duplication, 

9 overlap, and fragmentation, achieve savings, 

10 and enhance revenue; and 

11 (C) other information determined appro12 priate by the committee. 

13 (3) POINT OF ORDER.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order 

15 in either the Senate or the House of Represent16 atives to consider a bill or resolution author17 izing the enactment of new budget authority for 

18 a program for which an authorization of new 

19 budget authority has previously been enacted 

20 unless the bill or resolution is accompanied by 

21 a report described in paragraph (1). 

22 (B) WAIVER OF POINT OF ORDER.—In the 

23 Senate, a point of order raised under this para24 graph may be waived upon an affirmative vote 

25 of three-fifths of the Members duly chosen and 


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1 sworn and debate on all motions to waive 1 or 

2 more points of order under this paragraph as to 

3 a bill or resolution shall be debatable for a total 

4 of not more than 1 hour, equally divided be5 tween the Senator raising the point of order 

6 and the Senator moving to waive the point of 

7 order or their designees. 

8 (f) COMBINED REPORT.—For the purposes of mak9 ing the analysis, appraisal, and evaluation required by this 

10 section, a committee may combine related programs and 

11 may issue 1 report on all such combined programs. 

12 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW PROGRAMS. 

13 Whenever any committee of the Senate or the House 

14 of Representatives reports legislation authorizing the en15 actment of new budget authority for a program for which 

16 there has previously been no authorization, the committee 

17 shall include in the report accompanying the legislation— 

18 (1) an identification of the objectives and pur19 poses of the new program and the problems or needs 

20 that the new program is intended to address; 

21 (2) a description of other programs which seek 

22 to accomplish the same general purpose or purposes; 

23 (3) whether the program will conflict with, over24 lap, or duplicate any existing programs and, if the 

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1 existing program, a discussion of how the program 

2 will work with the existing program; 

3 (4) how the program will operate with existing 

4 programs to promote the common objective or objec5 tives of all similar programs; 

6 (5) the consequences of failing to achieve the 

7 purposes of the new program; 

8 (6) what other alternatives, including tax ex9 penditures and private resources, were considered as 

10 alternatives and why the alternatives were not rec11 ommended; 

12 (7) what changes were considered in existing 

13 programs to coordinate the programs with the new 

14 program and the reasons for changing or not chang15 ing existing programs; 

16 (8) a projection of the anticipated needs for and 

17 accomplishments of the program, including an esti18 mate of when, and the condition under which, the 

19 program will have fulfilled the objectives for which 

20 the program was established; and 

21 (9) a statement of the constitutional authority 

22 pursuant to which the bill or joint resolution is to 

23 be enacted. 


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1 SEC. 7. CONFERENCE REPORTS ON AUTHORIZATION BILLS. 

2 The joint explanatory statement accompanying a con3 ference report on any bill or resolution authorizing the en4 actment of new budget authority for any program in con5 nection with which an analysis, appraisal, and evaluation 

6 has been conducted under section 5 or 6 shall include an 

7 analysis of the objectives intended for the program and 

8 the problems or needs which the program is intended to 

9 address, based on the bill or resolution as recommended 

10 in the conference report. 

11 SEC. 8. PHASEOUT OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—If a continued authorization of 

13 the enactment of new budget authority for a program has 

14 been adopted by the Senate or the House of Representa15 tives, and has not become law as of the date on which 

16 the authorization in effect expires (unless the failure to 

17 become law has been due to a rejection of a proposed au18 thorization by the other House), there is authorized to be 

19 enacted for the program— 

20 (1) for the first fiscal year following the expira21 tion of the previous authorization, 80 percent of the 

22 amount appropriated to carry out the program in 

23 the previous fiscal year; and 

24 (2) for the second fiscal year following such ex25 piration, 60 percent of the amount appropriated to 

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1 (b) NEW AUTHORIZATION.—If at any time following 

2 the expiration of an authorization of the enactment of new 

3 budget authority for a program a new authorization for 

4 the program is provided by law, then the new authoriza5 tion shall replace the authorization provided in subsection 

6 (a). 

7 (c) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION.—If a program for 

8 which an authorization of the enactment of new budget 

9 authority has previously been made is repealed, subsection 

10 (a) shall not apply to the program. 

11 (d) PROGRAMS WITHOUT AN AUTHORIZATION.—For 

12 any program for which no new budget authority is author13 ized to be enacted for a fiscal year (including an authoriza14 tion under subsection (a)), the head of the agency carrying 

15 out the program shall develop and implement a plan to 

16 provide for— 

17 (1) the transfer or other disposition of the 

18 records, property, and personnel affected by the ter19 mination of the program; 

20 (2) the transfer of such unexpended balances of 

21 appropriations, and of other funds, available for use 

22 in connection with the program; and 

23 (3) terminating the activities under the pro24 gram. 


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1 SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXISTING AUTHORIZA2 TIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in either 

4 the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider 

5 a bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report making 

6 appropriations for a fiscal year which begins 5 years after 

7 the effective date of this Act if the appropriation is made 

8 pursuant to a law, in effect on the effective date of this 

9 Act, authorizing new budget authority for a period of more 

10 than 4 fiscal years or for an unspecified number of fiscal 

11 years. 

12 (b) WAIVER OF POINT OF ORDER.—In the Senate, 

13 a point of order raised under this section may be waived 

14 upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 

15 duly chosen and sworn. 

16 (c) POINT OF ORDER SUSTAINED.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), if a point of order under this section is 

19 sustained, the matter as to which the point of order 

20 is raised shall be stricken. 

21 (2) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When a House of 

22 Congress is considering a conference report or an 

23 amendment between the Houses, upon a point of 

24 order under this section being sustained as to matter 

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1 gress shall proceed to consider the question of 

2 whether the House shall recede from its amendment 

3 and concur with a further amendment, or concur in 

4 the amendment of the other House of Congress with 

5 a further amendment, as the case may be, which 

6 further amendment shall consist of only that portion 

7 of the conference report or amendment, as the case 

8 may be, not so stricken. In any case in which such 

9 point of order is sustained against a conference re10 port (or proposed amendment derived from such 

11 conference report by operation of this paragraph), 

12 no further amendment shall be in order. 

13 SEC. 10. LACK OF AUTHORIZATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in either 

15 the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider 

16 a bill or resolution making appropriations for a program 

17 for the first fiscal year beginning more than 1 year after 

18 the date of enactment of this Act or any fiscal year there19 after if the appropriation is not made pursuant to a law 

20 in effect authorizing new budget authority for the pro21 gram. 

22 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—In the Senate, a point of 

23 order under this section may be raised by a Senator as 

24 provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget 

25 Act of 1974. A point of order under this section may be 


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1 waived in accordance with the procedures under section 

2 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 upon an 

3 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members duly chosen 

4 and sworn. 

5 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

6 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be7 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

8 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

9 to subsection (b), and such point of order being sustained, 

10 such material contained in such conference report or 

11 House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

12 proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

13 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur14 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

15 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

16 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con17 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

18 not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be 

19 debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sus20 tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

21 derived from such conference report by operation of this 

22 paragraph), no further amendment shall be in order. 

23 SEC. 11. REPORTS ON PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION. 

24 (a) IN THE SENATE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the effective date of this Act, each committee of the 

3 Senate shall file with the Senate a report— 

4 (A) indicating the schedule, procedure, and 

5 content of the analysis, appraisal, and evalua6 tion that the committee intends to use to imple7 ment this Act, with particular emphasis on im8 plementation of sections 5 and 6; and 

9 (B) making any recommendations for how 

10 to implement procedures comparable to the pro11 cedures under this Act for direct spending (as 

12 defined under section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

14 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(8))) and tax expendi15 tures (as defined in section 3(3) of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(3))). 

17 (2) REFERRAL.—Each report under this sub18 section shall be referred to the Committee on Rules 

19 and Administration of the Senate which shall hold 

20 such hearings as the committee determines nec21 essary. Following a review of the reports, the Com22 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate 

23 may report to the Senate changes in the Standing 

24 Rules of the Senate to provide uniform standards for 

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1 for the analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of pro2 grams. 

3 (b) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the effective date of this Act, each committee of the 

6 House of Representatives shall file with the House 

7 of Representatives a report— 

8 (A) indicating the schedule, procedure, and 

9 content of the analysis, appraisal, and evalua10 tion that the committee intends to use to imple11 ment this Act; and 

12 (B) making any recommendations for how 

13 to implement procedures comparable to the pro14 cedures under this Act for direct spending (as 

15 defined under section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

17 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(8))) and tax expendi18 tures (as defined in section 3(3) of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(3))). 

20 (2) REFERRAL.—Each report under this sub21 section shall be referred to the Committee on House 

22 Administration of the House of Representatives 

23 which shall hold such hearings as the committee de24 termines necessary. Following a review of the re25 ports, the Committee on House Administration of 


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1 the House of Representatives may report to the 

2 House of Representatives changes in the Rules of 

3 the House of Representatives to provide uniform 

4 standards for the implementation of this Act and the 

5 requirements for the analysis, appraisal, and evalua6 tion of programs. 

7 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION RE8 PORTS. 

9 (a) COVERED PROGRAM.—In this section, the term 

10 ‘‘covered program’’ means a program for which— 

11 (1) the report of a committee of Congress with 

12 jurisdiction of the program submitted under section 

13 11 includes a schedule to enact a law authorizing 

14 the enactment of new budget authority for the pro15 gram, which may not be for a period of more than 

16 4 fiscal years; 

17 (2) funds are appropriated during the fiscal 

18 year during which this Act takes effect; and 

19 (3) an authorization of the enactment of new 

20 budget authority is not in effect. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—Except as provided in sub22 section (c), for purposes of enforcing section 10 in relation 

23 to a covered program, a law shall be deemed to be in effect 

24 authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for the 

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1 thorizing the enactment of new budget authority is sched2 uled to be enacted under the schedule in the applicable 

3 report described in subsection (a)(1). 

4 (c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) shall not apply to 

5 a covered program if the schedule in the applicable report 

6 described in subsection (a)(1) specifies that— 

7 (1) the fourth fiscal year covered by the sched8 ule will be the first fiscal year for which a law au9 thorizing the enactment of new budget authority is 

10 scheduled to be enacted for more than 50 percent of 

11 the programs within the jurisdiction of the com12 mittee; or 

13 (2) less than 20 percent of the programs within 

14 the jurisdiction of the committee are scheduled for 

15 a law to be enacted authorizing the enactment of 

16 new budget authority during the first or second fis17 cal year covered by the schedule. 

18 (d) SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD.—Not later than 

19 5 legislative days after the date on which a committee of 

20 the Senate or the House of Representatives submits a re21 port under section 11 that includes a schedule to enact 

22 a law authorizing the enactment of new budget authority, 

23 the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administra24 tion or the Chairman of the Committee on House Admin25 istration of the House of Representatives, respectively, 


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1 shall submit the schedule for printing in the Congressional 

2 Record. 

3 SEC. 13. REFERRAL OF BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS MODI4 FYING THIS ACT. 

5 (a) REFERRAL IN THE SENATE.—In the Senate, any 

6 bill or joint resolution that modifies this Act shall be re7 ferred to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

9 Affairs. 

10 (b) REFERRAL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA11 TIVES.—In the House of Representatives, any bill or joint 

12 resolution that modifies this Act shall be referred to the 

13 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 

15 SEC. 14. ASSISTANCE TO SENATE AND HOUSE COMMIT16 TEES. 

17 (a) ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMPTROLLER GEN18 ERAL.—At the request of the chairman or ranking mem19 ber of any committee of the Senate or the House of Rep20 resentatives, the Comptroller General of the United States 

21 shall furnish to such committee information, analyses, and 

22 reports to assist the committee in carrying out the duties 

23 of the committee under this Act. 

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1 gressional Budget Office of the duties and functions of 

2 the Congressional Budget Office under the Congressional 

3 Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional 

4 Budget Office shall, at the request of the chairman or 

5 ranking member of any committee of the Senate or the 

6 House of Representatives, furnish to the committee infor7 mation and analyses to assist the committee in carrying 

8 out the duties of the committee under this Act. 

9 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RE10 SEARCH SERVICE.—At the request of the chairman or 

11 ranking member of any committee of the Senate or House 

12 of Representatives, the Director of the Congressional Re13 search Service shall furnish to the committee information, 

14 analyses, and reports to assist the committee in carrying 

15 out the duties of the committee under this Act. 

16 SEC. 15. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first 

18 regular session of Congress which begins after the date 

19 of enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 16. RULEMAKING. 

21 This section and sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 

22 12, and 13 of this Act are enacted by Congress— 

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

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1 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

2 that House to which they specifically apply; and 

3 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex4 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

5 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

9 any other rule of such House. 

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