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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3262 

To establish a commission on fiscal stability and reform. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 

Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. 

HICKENLOOPER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To establish a commission on fiscal stability and reform. 

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 ‘‘Fiscal Stability Act 

5 of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 individual appointed to serve as a co-chair of the 

10 Fiscal Commission under section 3(a)(2)(C). 


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1 (2) DIRECT SPENDING.—The term ‘‘direct 

2 spending’’ has the meaning given that term in sec3 tion 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

4 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)). 

5 (3) DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS.—The 

6 term ‘‘discretionary appropriations’’ has the mean7 ing given that term in section 250(c) of the Bal8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

9 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)). 

10 (4) FISCAL COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Fiscal 

11 Commission’’ means the commission established 

12 under section 3(a)(1). 

13 (5) IMPLEMENTING BILL.—The term ‘‘imple14 menting bill’’ means a bill consisting solely of the 

15 text of the implementing bill that the Fiscal Com16 mission approves and submits under subparagraphs 

17 (A) and (D), respectively, of section 3(c)(2). 

18 (6) OUTSIDE EXPERT.—The term ‘‘outside ex19 pert’’ means an individual who is not an elected offi20 cial or an officer or employee of the Federal Govern21 ment or of any State. 

22 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FISCAL COMMISSION. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FISCAL COMMISSION.— 

24 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

25 the legislative branch a Fiscal Commission. 


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1 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Fiscal Commission 

3 shall be composed of 16 members appointed in 

4 accordance with subparagraph (B) and with 

5 due consideration to chairs and ranking mem6 bers of the committees and subcommittees of 

7 subject matter jurisdiction, if applicable. 

8 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 14 

9 days after the date of enactment of this Act— 

10 (i) the majority leader of the Senate 

11 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

12 Members of the Senate, and 1 outside ex13 pert, who shall serve as members of the 

14 Fiscal Commission; 

15 (ii) the minority leader of the Senate 

16 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

17 Members of the Senate, and 1 outside ex18 pert who shall serve as members of the 

19 Fiscal Commission; 

20 (iii) the Speaker of the House of Rep21 resentatives shall appoint 3 individuals 

22 from among the Members of the House of 

23 Representatives, and 1 outside expert, who 

24 shall serve as members of the Fiscal Com25 mission; and 


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1 (iv) the minority leader of the House 

2 of Representatives shall appoint 3 individ3 uals from among the Members of the 

4 House of Representatives, and 1 outside 

5 expert, who shall serve as members of the 

6 Fiscal Commission. 

7 (C) CO-CHAIRS.—Not later than 14 days 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act— 

9 (i) the leadership of the Senate and 

10 House of Representatives who caucus with 

11 the same political party as the President 

12 shall appoint 1 individual from among the 

13 members of the Fiscal Commission who 

14 shall serve as a co-chair of the Fiscal Com15 mission; and 

16 (ii) the leadership of the Senate and 

17 House of Representatives who caucus with 

18 the opposite political party as the Presi19 dent, shall appoint 1 individual from 

20 among the members of the Fiscal Commis21 sion who shall serve as a co-chair of the 

22 Fiscal Commission. 

23 (D) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The members of 

2 the Fiscal Commission shall be appointed 

3 for the life of the Fiscal Commission. 

4 (ii) VACANCY.— 

5 (I) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy 

6 in the Fiscal Commission shall not af7 fect the powers of the Fiscal Commis8 sion, but shall be filled not later than 

9 14 days after the date on which the 

10 vacancy occurs, in the same manner 

11 as the original appointment was 

12 made. 

13 (II) INELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—If a 

14 member of the Fiscal Commission who 

15 was appointed as a Member of the 

16 Senate or the House Representatives 

17 ceases to be a Member of the Senate 

18 or the House of Representatives, as 

19 applicable— 

20 (aa) the member shall no 

21 longer be a member of the Fiscal 

22 Commission; and 

23 (bb) a vacancy in the Fiscal 

24 Commission exists. 

25 (E) MEMBER PERSONNEL ISSUES.— 


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1 (i) OUTSIDE EXPERT.—Any outside 

2 expert appointed as a member of the Fis3 cal Commission— 

4 (I) shall not be considered to be 

5 a Federal employee for any purpose 

6 by reason of service on the Fiscal 

7 Commission; 

8 (II) shall serve without com9 pensation; and 

10 (III) shall be allowed travel ex11 penses, including per diem in lieu of 

12 subsistence, at rates authorized for 

13 employees of agencies under sub14 chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, while away from 

16 their homes or regular places of busi17 ness in the performance of services for 

18 the Fiscal Commission. 

19 (ii) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Each 

20 member of the Fiscal Commission who is a 

21 Member of the Senate or the House of 

22 Representatives shall serve without com23 pensation in addition to the compensation 

24 received for the services of the member as 


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1 a Member of the Senate or the House of 

2 Representatives. 

3 (3) ADMINISTRATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—To enable the Fiscal 

5 Commission to exercise the powers, functions, 

6 and duties of the Fiscal Commission, there are 

7 authorized to be disbursed by the Senate the 

8 actual and necessary expenses of the Fiscal 

9 Commission approved by the staff director of 

10 the Fiscal Commission, subject to the rules and 

11 regulations of the Senate. 

12 (B) QUORUM.—A majority of the members 

13 of the Fiscal Commission who are Members of 

14 the Senate or the House of Representatives, not 

15 fewer than 3 of whom were appointed to the 

16 Fiscal Commission by a Member of the Senate 

17 or the House of Representatives who caucuses 

18 with the same political party as the President 

19 and not fewer than 3 of whom were appointed 

20 to the Fiscal Commission by a Member of the 

21 Senate or the House of Representatives who 

22 caucuses with the opposite political party as the 

23 President, shall constitute a quorum. 

24 (C) VOTING.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—Only members of 

2 the Fiscal Commission who are Members 

3 of the Senate or the House of Representa4 tives may vote on any matter. An outside 

5 expert serving as a member of the Fiscal 

6 Commission shall be a nonvoting member. 

7 (ii) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

8 shall be allowed on behalf of any member 

9 of the Fiscal Commission on any matter. 

10 (iii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

11 ESTIMATES.— 

12 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 

13 of the Congressional Budget Office 

14 shall, with respect to the imple15 menting bill of the Fiscal Commission 

16 described in subsection 

17 (c)(2)(A)(i)(II), provide to the Fiscal 

18 Commission— 

19 (aa) estimates of the imple20 menting bill in accordance with 

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

22 Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a), 601(f)); 

24 and 


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1 (bb) information on the 

2 budgetary effect of the imple3 menting bill on the long-term fis4 cal outlook. 

5 (II) LIMITATION.—The Fiscal 

6 Commission may not vote on any 

7 version of the report, recommenda8 tions, or implementation bill of the 

9 Fiscal Commission under subsection 

10 (c)(2)(A) unless the estimates and in11 formation described in subclause (I) 

12 of this clause are made available for 

13 consideration by all members of the 

14 Fiscal Commission not later than 48 

15 hours before that vote, as certified by 

16 the co-chairs of the Fiscal Commis17 sion. 

18 (D) MEETINGS.— 

19 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

20 45 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the Fiscal Commission shall hold the 

22 first meeting of the Fiscal Commission. 

23 (ii) AGENDA.—The co-chairs of the 

24 Fiscal Commission shall provide an agenda 

25 to the members of the Fiscal Commission 


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1 not later than 48 hours before each meet2 ing of the Fiscal Commission. 

3 (E) HEARINGS.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Fiscal Com5 mission may, for the purpose of carrying 

6 out this section, hold such hearings, sit 

7 and act at such times and places, require 

8 attendance of witnesses and production of 

9 books, papers, and documents, take such 

10 testimony, receive such evidence, and ad11 minister such oaths as the Fiscal Commis12 sion considers advisable. 

13 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE14 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

15 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The co16 chairs of the Fiscal Commission shall 

17 make a public announcement of the 

18 date, place, time, and subject matter 

19 of any hearing to be conducted under 

20 this subparagraph not later than 7 

21 days before the date of the hearing, 

22 unless the co-chairs determine that 

23 there is good cause to begin such 

24 hearing on an earlier date. 


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1 (II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.—A 

2 witness appearing before the Fiscal 

3 Commission shall file a written state4 ment of the proposed testimony of the 

5 witness not later than 2 days before 

6 the date of the appearance of the wit7 ness, unless the co-chairs of the Fiscal 

8 Commission— 

9 (aa) determine that there is 

10 good cause for the witness to not 

11 file the written statement; and 

12 (bb) waive the requirement 

13 that the witness file the written 

14 statement. 

15 (F) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ16 ten request of the co-chairs of the Fiscal Com17 mission, the head of a Federal agency shall pro18 vide technical assistance to the Fiscal Commis19 sion in order for the Fiscal Commission to 

20 carry out the duties of the Fiscal Commission. 

21 (b) STAFF OF FISCAL COMMISSION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the 

23 guidelines, rules, and requirements relating to em24 ployees of the Senate— 


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1 (A) the co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission 

2 may jointly appoint and fix the compensation of 

3 a staff director for the Fiscal Commission; and 

4 (B) the staff director may appoint and fix 

5 the compensation of additional staff of the Fis6 cal Commission. 

7 (2) DETAIL OF OTHER CONGRESSIONAL

8 STAFF.—With the approval of the Member of Con9 gress employing an employee of a personal office of 

10 a Member of Congress or a committee of the Senate 

11 or the House of Representatives, such an employee 

12 may be detailed to the Fiscal Commission on a reim13 bursable basis. 

14 (3) ETHICAL STANDARDS.— 

15 (A) SENATE.—Members of the Fiscal 

16 Commission appointed by Members of the Sen17 ate and the staff of the Fiscal Commission shall 

18 adhere to the ethics rules of the Senate. 

19 (B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mem20 bers of the Fiscal Commission appointed by 

21 Members of the House of Representatives shall 

22 be governed by the ethics rules and require23 ments of the House of Representatives. 

24 (c) DUTIES.— 

25 (1) IMPROVE FISCAL CONDITION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Fiscal Commission 

2 shall identify policies to— 

3 (i) meaningfully improve the long4 term fiscal condition of the Federal Gov5 ernment; 

6 (ii) achieve a sustainable ratio of the 

7 public debt of the Federal Government to 

8 the gross domestic product of the United 

9 States, which shall be not more than 100 

10 percent, by fiscal year 2039; and 

11 (iii) improve the solvency of Federal 

12 programs for which a Federal trust fund 

13 exists for a period of at least 75 years. 

14 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out sub15 paragraph (A), the Fiscal Commission shall 

16 propose recommendations that meaningfully im17 prove the long-term fiscal condition of the Fed18 eral Government, including— 

19 (i) changes to address the current lev20 els of discretionary appropriations, direct 

21 spending, and revenues and the gap be22 tween current revenues and expenditures 

23 of the Federal Government; and 

24 (ii) changes to address the growth of 

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1 ing, and revenues and the gap between the 

2 projected revenues and expenditures of the 

3 Federal Government. 

4 (C) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT5 TEES.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, each committee of the 

7 Senate and the House of Representatives may 

8 transmit to the Fiscal Commission any rec9 ommendations of the committee relating to 

10 changes in law to achieve the changes described 

11 in subparagraph (B). 

12 (2) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IMPLE13 MENTING BILL.— 

14 (A) CONSIDERATION AND VOTE.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 

16 1, 2025, the Fiscal Commission shall meet 

17 to consider, and vote on— 

18 (I) a report that contains— 

19 (aa) a detailed statement of 

20 the policies identified by, and the 

21 findings, conclusions, and rec22 ommendations of, the Fiscal 

23 Commission under paragraph 

24 (1); 


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1 (bb) the estimate of the 

2 Congressional Budget Office re3 quired under subsection 

4 (a)(3)(C)(iii)(I); and 

5 (cc) a statement of the eco6 nomic and budgetary effects of 

7 the implementing bill described in 

8 subclause (II); and 

9 (II) an implementing bill to carry 

10 out the recommendations of the Fiscal 

11 Commission described in subclause 

12 (I)(aa). 

13 (ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND IM14 PLEMENTING BILL.—A report and imple15 menting bill of the Fiscal Commission shall 

16 only be approved under clause (i) upon an 

17 affirmative vote of a majority of the mem18 bers of the Fiscal Commission who are 

19 Members of the Senate or the House of 

20 Representatives, not fewer than 3 of whom 

21 were appointed to the Fiscal Commission 

22 by a Member of the Senate or the House 

23 of Representatives who caucuses with the 

24 same political party as the President and 

25 not fewer than 3 of whom were appointed 


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1 to the Fiscal Commission by a Member of 

2 the Senate or the House of Representatives 

3 who caucuses with the opposite political 

4 party as the President. 

5 (iii) SINGLE REPORT AND IMPLE6 MENTING BILL.—It shall not be in order 

7 for the Fiscal Commission to consider or 

8 submit to Congress more than 1 report de9 scribed in clause (i)(I) or more than 1 im10 plementing bill described in clause (i)(II). 

11 (B) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—A member of the 

13 Fiscal Commission who gives notice of an 

14 intention to file supplemental, minority, or 

15 additional views at the time of the final 

16 Fiscal Commission vote on the approval of 

17 the report and implementing bill of the 

18 Fiscal Commission under subparagraph 

19 (A) shall be entitled to 3 days to file those 

20 views in writing with the staff director of 

21 the Fiscal Commission. 

22 (ii) INCLUSION IN REPORT.—Views 

23 filed under clause (i) shall be included in 

24 the report of the Fiscal Commission under 

25 subparagraph (A) and printed in the same 


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1 volume, or part thereof, and such inclusion 

2 shall be noted on the cover of the report, 

3 except that, in the absence of timely notice, 

4 the report may be printed and transmitted 

5 immediately without such views. 

6 (C) REPORT AND IMPLEMENTING BILL TO

7 BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the approval or dis8 approval of a report and implementing bill 

9 under subparagraph (A) by the Fiscal Commis10 sion, the Fiscal Commission shall promptly, and 

11 not more than 24 hours after the approval or 

12 disapproval or, if timely notice is given under 

13 subparagraph (B), not more than 24 hours 

14 after additional views are filed under such sub15 paragraph, make the report, the implementing 

16 bill, and a record of the vote on the report and 

17 implementing bill available to the public. 

18 (D) SUBMISSION OF REPORT AND IMPLE19 MENTING BILL.—If a report and implementing 

20 bill are approved by the Fiscal Commission 

21 under subparagraph (A), not later than 3 days 

22 after the date on which the report and imple23 menting bill are made available to the public 

24 under subparagraph (C), the Fiscal Commission 

25 shall submit the report and implementing bill to 


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1 the President, the Vice President, the Speaker 

2 of the House of Representatives, and the major3 ity and minority leaders of each House of Con4 gress. The report shall be referred to all com5 mittees of jurisdiction in the respective Houses. 

6 (d) TERMINATION.—The Fiscal Commission shall 

7 terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date the 

8 Fiscal Commission submits the report and implementing 

9 bill under subsection (c)(2)(D). 

10 SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF FISCAL COMMIS11 SION IMPLEMENTING BILLS. 

12 (a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Only an implementing bill 

14 shall be entitled to expedited consideration under 

15 this section. 

16 (2) SINGLE BILL.—Except as provided in sub17 section (d), it shall not be in order in the Senate or 

18 the House of Representatives to consider more than 

19 1 implementing bill. 

20 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT21 ATIVES.— 

22 (1) INTRODUCTION.—If the Fiscal Commission 

23 approves and submits an implementing bill under 

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1 3(c)(2), the implementing bill may be introduced in 

2 the House of Representatives (by request)— 

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

4 Representatives, or by a Member of the House 

5 of Representatives designated by the majority 

6 leader of the House of Representatives, on the 

7 third legislative day after the date the Fiscal 

8 Commission approves and submits such imple9 menting bill; or 

10 (B) if the implementing bill is not intro11 duced under subparagraph (A), by any Member 

12 of the House of Representatives on any legisla13 tive day beginning on the legislative day after 

14 the legislative day described in subparagraph 

15 (A). 

16 (2) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com17 mittee of the House of Representatives to which an 

18 implementing bill is referred shall report the imple19 menting bill to the House of Representatives without 

20 amendment not later than 5 legislative days after 

21 the date on which the implementing bill was so re22 ferred. If any committee of the House of Represent23 atives to which an implementing bill is referred fails 

24 to report the implementing bill within that period, 

25 that committee shall be automatically discharged 


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1 from consideration of the implementing bill, and the 

2 implementing bill shall be placed on the appropriate 

3 calendar. 

4 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

5 the last committee authorized to consider an imple6 menting bill reports it to the House of Representa7 tives or has been discharged from its consideration, 

8 it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 

9 the implementing bill in the House of Representa10 tives. Such a motion shall not be in order after the 

11 House of Representatives has disposed of a motion 

12 to proceed with respect to the implementing bill. The 

13 previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

14 the motion to its adoption without intervening mo15 tion. 

16 (4) CONSIDERATION.—The implementing bill 

17 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

18 against the implementing bill and against its consid19 eration are waived. An amendment to the imple20 menting bill is not in order. The previous question 

21 shall be considered as ordered on the implementing 

22 bill to its passage without intervening motion except 

23 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by 

24 the proponent and an opponent. 


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

2 of the implementing bill shall occur pursuant to the 

3 constraints under clause 8 of rule XX of the Rules 

4 of the House of Representatives. 

5 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

6 (1) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—On the 

7 day on which an implementing bill is submitted to 

8 the Senate under section 3(c)(2)(D), the imple9 menting bill shall be introduced, by request, by the 

10 majority leader of the Senate for himself or herself 

11 and the minority leader of the Senate, or by any 

12 Member so designated by them. If the Senate is not 

13 in session on the day on which such implementing 

14 bill is submitted, it shall be introduced as provided 

15 on the first day thereafter on which the Senate is in 

16 session. Such implementing bill shall be placed on 

17 the Calendar of Business under General Orders. 

18 (2) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 

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

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

21 which an implementing bill is placed on the Cal22 endar, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 

23 designee of the majority leader to move to proceed 

24 to the consideration of the implementing bill. It shall 

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1 move to proceed to the consideration of the imple2 menting bill at any time after the conclusion of such 

3 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even 

4 though a previous motion to the same effect has 

5 been disagreed to. All points of order against the 

6 motion to proceed to the implementing bill are 

7 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 

8 motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo9 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

10 agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 

11 a motion to proceed to the consideration of the im12 plementing bill is agreed to, it shall remain the un13 finished business until disposed of. All points of 

14 order against the implementing bill and against its 

15 consideration are waived. 

16 (3) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 

17 implementing bill, a motion to postpone, a motion to 

18 proceed to the consideration of other business, or a 

19 motion to commit the implementing bill is not in 

20 order. 

21 (4) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

22 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

23 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

24 case may be, to the procedure relating to an imple25 menting bill shall be decided without debate. 


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1 (d) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing an imple3 menting bill, one House receives from the other 

4 House an implementing bill consisting solely of the 

5 text of the implementing bill approved by the Fiscal 

6 Commission— 

7 (A) the implementing bill of the other 

8 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

9 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

10 shall be the same as if no implementing bill had 

11 been received from the other House until the 

12 vote on passage, when the implementing bill re13 ceived from the other House shall supplant the 

14 implementing bill of the receiving House. 

15 (2) REVENUE MEASURES.—This subsection 

16 shall not apply to the House of Representatives if an 

17 implementing bill received from the Senate is a rev18 enue measure. 

19 (3) NO IMPLEMENTING BILL IN THE SENATE.— 

20 If an implementing bill is not introduced in the Sen21 ate or the Senate fails to consider an implementing 

22 bill under this section, the implementing bill of the 

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1 (4) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURE IN

2 THE SENATE.—If, following passage of an imple3 menting bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives 

4 from the House of Representatives an implementing 

5 bill consisting of the same text as the Senate-passed 

6 implementing bill, the House-passed implementing 

7 bill shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of 

8 the implementing bill in the Senate shall be consid9 ered to be the vote on passage of the implementing 

10 bill received from the House of Representatives. 

11 (e) VETOES.—If the President vetoes an imple12 menting bill, consideration of a veto message in the Senate 

13 shall be 10 hours equally divided between the majority and 

14 minority leaders of the Senate or the designees of the ma15 jority and minority leaders of the Senate. 

16 (f) CONSTRUCTIVE RESUBMISSION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the expedited 

18 procedures otherwise provided under this section, in 

19 the case of any implementing bill submitted under 

20 section 3(c)(2)(D) during the period beginning on 

21 the date occurring— 

22 (A) in the case of the Senate, 30 session 

23 days; or 

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1 before the date the Congress adjourns a session of 

2 Congress and ending on the date on which the same 

3 or succeeding Congress first convenes its next ses4 sion, the expedited procedures under this section 

5 shall apply to such implementing bill in the suc6 ceeding session of Congress. 

7 (2) APPLICATION.—In applying this section for 

8 the purposes of constructive resubmission, an imple9 menting bill described under paragraph (1) shall be 

10 treated as though such implementing bill were sub11 mitted by the Fiscal Commission on— 

12 (A) in the case of the Senate, the 15th ses13 sion day; or 

14 (B) in the case of the House of Represent15 atives, the 15th legislative day, 

16 after the succeeding session of Congress first con17 venes. 

18 (3) LIMITATION.—The constructive resubmis19 sion under this subsection shall not apply if a vote 

20 with respect to the implementing bill was taken in 

21 either House in a preceding session of Congress. 

22 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

23 Funding for the Fiscal Commission shall be derived 

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1 priations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, subject to the 

2 rules and regulations of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 6. RULEMAKING. 

4 The provisions of section 4 are enacted by Con5 gress— 

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

7 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re8 spectively, and, as such, the provisions— 

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

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

11 which they specifically apply; and 

12 (B) shall supersede other rules only to the 

13 extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

14 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

18 any other rule of such House. 

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