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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2575 

To save and strengthen critical social contract programs of the Federal 

Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2021 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CASE, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. 

ARRINGTON, and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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 save and strengthen critical social contract programs 

of the Federal Government. 

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 ‘‘Time to Rescue United 

5 States Trusts Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘TRUST Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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

2 individual appointed to serve as a co-chair of a Res3 cue Committee under section 4(a)(4)(C)(i). 

4 (2) CRITICAL SOCIAL CONTRACT PROGRAM.— 

5 The term ‘‘critical social contract program’’ means 

6 a Federal program the Secretary identifies in the re7 port under section 3. 

8 (3) RESCUE COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Rescue 

9 Committee’’ means a committee established under 

10 section 4(a). 

11 (4) RESCUE COMMITTEE BILL.—The term 

12 ‘‘Rescue Committee bill’’ means a bill consisting 

13 solely of legislative language that a Rescue Com14 mittee approves and submits under clauses (i) and 

15 (vi), respectively, of section 4(a)(3)(B). 

16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of the Treasury. 

18 SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL SOCIAL CONTRACT 

19 PROGRAMS. 

20 Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re22 port that identifies each Federal program— 

23 (1) for which a Federal trust fund is estab24 lished; 


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1 (2) the amount of outlays of which, for the fis2 cal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in 

3 which this Act is enacted, were not less than 

4 $20,000,000,000; and 

5 (3) the amount of dedicated Federal funds and 

6 Federal trust fund balances that the Secretary de7 termines will be inadequate, on any date during the 

8 period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

9 Act and ending on the last day of fiscal year 2036, 

10 to meet the total amount of outlays of the Federal 

11 program that would otherwise be made. 

12 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEES. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEES.— 

14 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—On the date on which 

15 the Secretary submits the report under section 3, 

16 there shall be established a Rescue Committee for 

17 each critical social contract program. 

18 (2) GOALS.—The goals of each Rescue Com19 mittee shall be to, with respect to the critical social 

20 contract program for which the Rescue Committee is 

21 established— 

22 (A) avoid depletion of the Federal trust 

23 fund established for the critical social contract 

24 program; 


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1 (B) provide for the solvency of the Federal 

2 trust fund established for the critical social con3 tract program during the 75-year period begin4 ning on the date described in paragraph (1); 

5 (C) simplify the critical social contract pro6 gram to the extent practicable; and 

7 (D) otherwise improve the critical social 

8 contract program. 

9 (3) DUTIES.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.— 

11 (i) IMPROVING CRITICAL SOCIAL CON12 TRACT PROGRAMS.—Each Rescue Com13 mittee may develop recommendations and 

14 legislative language that will significantly 

15 improve the critical social contract pro16 gram for which the Rescue Committee is 

17 established, including by— 

18 (I) increasing the duration of 

19 positive balances of the Federal trust 

20 fund established for the critical social 

21 contract program; and 

22 (II) to the extent practicable, 

23 providing for the solvency of the Fed24 eral trust fund established for the 

25 critical social contract program during 


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1 the 75-year period beginning on the 

2 date described in paragraph (1). 

3 (ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT4 TEES.—Not later than 60 days after the 

5 date described in paragraph (1), each com6 mittee of the Senate and the House of 

7 Representatives may transmit to the rel8 evant Rescue Committee any recommenda9 tions of the committee relating to changes 

10 in law to improve the critical social con11 tract program for which the Rescue Com12 mittee is established in accordance with 

13 the goals of the Rescue Committee de14 scribed in paragraph (2). 

15 (B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

16 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

18 days, each Rescue Committee shall meet to 

19 consider, and may vote on— 

20 (I) a report that contains a de21 tailed statement of the findings, con22 clusions, and recommendations of the 

23 Rescue Committee described in sub24 paragraph (A)(i) and the estimate of 

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1 quired under paragraph (5)(D)(ii); 

2 and 

3 (II) legislative language to carry 

4 out the recommendations of the Res5 cue Committee in the report described 

6 in subclause (I), which shall include a 

7 statement of the economic and budg8 etary effects of the recommendations 

9 during the 75-year period beginning 

10 on the date described in paragraph 

11 (1). 

12 (ii) ADVISORY NATURE.—Any pro13 posed change to the Standing Rules of the 

14 Senate or the Rules of the House of Rep15 resentatives included in a report or legisla16 tive language under clause (i) shall be con17 sidered to be merely advisory. 

18 (iii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG19 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—A report and legis20 lative language of a Rescue Committee 

21 under clause (i) shall require the approval 

22 of a majority of the members of the Rescue 

23 Committee, provided that such majority 

24 shall be required to include not less than 

25 2 members of each party. 


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1 (iv) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.— 

2 (I) IN GENERAL.—A member of 

3 a Rescue Committee who gives notice 

4 of an intention to file supplemental, 

5 minority, or additional views at the 

6 time of the final Rescue Committee 

7 vote on the approval of the report and 

8 legislative language of the Rescue 

9 Committee under clause (i) shall be 

10 entitled to 3 days to file those views 

11 in writing with the staff director of 

12 the Rescue Committee. 

13 (II) INCLUSION IN REPORT.— 

14 Views filed under subclause (I) shall 

15 be included in the report of the rel16 evant Rescue Committee under clause 

17 (i) and printed in the same volume, or 

18 part thereof, and such inclusion shall 

19 be noted on the cover of the report, 

20 except that, in the absence of timely 

21 notice, the report may be printed and 

22 transmitted immediately without such 

23 views. 

24 (v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN25 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 


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1 approval or disapproval of a report and 

2 legislative language under clause (i) by a 

3 Rescue Committee, the Rescue Committee 

4 shall promptly, and not more than 24 

5 hours after the approval or disapproval, 

6 make the report, the legislative language, 

7 and a record of the vote on the report and 

8 legislative language available to the public. 

9 (vi) SUBMISSION OF REPORT AND

10 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If a report and 

11 legislative language are approved by a Res12 cue Committee under clause (i), not later 

13 than 3 days after the date on which the re14 port and legislative language are made 

15 available to the public under clause (v), the 

16 Rescue Committee shall submit the report 

17 and legislative language to the President, 

18 the Vice President, the Speaker of the 

19 House of Representatives, and the majority 

20 and minority leaders of each House of 

21 Congress. 

22 (vii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

23 Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con24 strued to prohibit a Rescue Committee 

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1 guage, or multiple instances thereof, before 

2 the deadline described in clause (i). 

3 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each Rescue Com5 mittee shall be composed of 12 members ap6 pointed in accordance with subparagraph (B) 

7 and with due consideration to chairs and rank8 ing members of the committees and subcommit9 tees of subject matter jurisdiction, if applicable. 

10 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 14 

11 days after the date described in paragraph (1), 

12 with respect to each Rescue Committee— 

13 (i) the majority leader of the Senate 

14 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

15 Members of the Senate who shall serve as 

16 members of the Rescue Committee; 

17 (ii) the minority leader of the Senate 

18 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

19 Members of the Senate who shall serve as 

20 members of the Rescue Committee; 

21 (iii) the Speaker of the House of Rep22 resentatives shall appoint 3 individuals 

23 from among the Members of the House of 

24 Representatives who shall serve as mem25 bers of the Rescue Committee; 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 who shall serve 

5 as members of the Rescue Committee. 

6 (C) CO-CHAIRS.— 

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 

8 days after the date described in paragraph 

9 (1), with respect to each Rescue Com10 mittee— 

11 (I) the leadership of the Senate 

12 and House of Representatives of the 

13 same political party as the President 

14 shall appoint 1 individual from among 

15 the members of the Rescue Committee 

16 who shall serve as a co-chair of the 

17 Rescue Committee; and 

18 (II) the leadership of the Senate 

19 and House of Representatives of the 

20 opposite political party as the Presi21 dent, shall appoint 1 individual from 

22 among the members of the Rescue 

23 Committee who shall serve as a co24 chair of the Rescue Committee. 


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1 (ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.—With respect 

2 to each Rescue Committee, the co-chairs of 

3 the Rescue Committee, acting jointly, shall 

4 hire the staff director of the Rescue Com5 mittee. 

6 (D) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—The members of a 

8 Rescue Committee shall be appointed for 

9 the life of the Rescue Committee. 

10 (ii) VACANCY.— 

11 (I) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy 

12 in a Rescue Committee shall not af13 fect the powers of the Rescue Com14 mittee, but shall be filled not later 

15 than 14 days after the date on which 

16 the vacancy occurs, in the same man17 ner as the original appointment was 

18 made. 

19 (II) INELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—If a 

20 member of a Rescue Committee ceases 

21 to be a Member of the Senate or the 

22 House of Representatives, as applica23 ble— 


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1 (aa) the member shall no 

2 longer be a member of the Res3 cue Committee; and 

4 (bb) a vacancy in the Rescue 

5 Committee exists. 

6 (5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each 

8 Rescue Committee, to enable the Rescue Com9 mittee to exercise the powers, functions, and 

10 duties of the Rescue Committee, there are au11 thorized to be disbursed by the Senate the ac12 tual and necessary expenses of the Rescue Com13 mittee approved by the co-chairs of the Rescue 

14 Committee, subject to the rules and regulations 

15 of the Senate. 

16 (B) EXPENSES.—With respect to each 

17 Rescue Committee, in carrying out the func18 tions of the Rescue Committee, the Rescue 

19 Committee is authorized to incur expenses in 

20 the same manner and under the same condi21 tions as the Joint Economic Committee is au22 thorized under section 11(d) of the Employment 

23 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1024(d)). 

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1 mittee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 

2 voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 

3 (D) VOTING.— 

4 (i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

5 shall be allowed on behalf of any member 

6 of a Rescue Committee. 

7 (ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

8 ESTIMATES.— 

9 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 

10 of the Congressional Budget Office 

11 shall, with respect to the legislative 

12 language of a Rescue Committee 

13 under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II), provide 

14 to the Rescue Committee— 

15 (aa) estimates of the legisla16 tive language in accordance with 

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

18 Congressional Budget Act of 

19 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and 

20 601(f)); and 

21 (bb) information on the 

22 budgetary effect of the legislative 

23 language during the 75-year pe24 riod beginning on the date de25 scribed in paragraph (1). 


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1 (II) LIMITATION.—A Rescue 

2 Committee may not vote on any 

3 version of the report, recommenda4 tions, or legislative language of the 

5 Rescue Committee under paragraph 

6 (3)(B)(i) unless the estimates and in7 formation described in subclause (I) 

8 of this clause are made available for 

9 consideration by all members of the 

10 Rescue Committee not later than 48 

11 hours before that vote, as certified by 

12 the co-chairs of the Rescue Com13 mittee. 

14 (E) MEETINGS.— 

15 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

16 45 days after the date described in para17 graph (1), each Rescue Committee shall 

18 hold the first meeting of the Rescue Com19 mittee. 

20 (ii) AGENDA.—For each meeting of 

21 each Rescue Committee, the co-chairs of 

22 the Rescue Committee shall provide an 

23 agenda to the members of the Rescue 

24 Committee not later than 48 hours before 

25 the meeting. 


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1 (F) HEARINGS.— 

2 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each Rescue Com3 mittee may, for the purpose of carrying 

4 out this section, hold such hearings, sit 

5 and act at such times and places, require 

6 attendance of witnesses and production of 

7 books, papers, and documents, take such 

8 testimony, receive such evidence, and ad9 minister such oaths as the Rescue Com10 mittee considers advisable. 

11 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE12 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

13 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The co14 chairs of each Rescue Committee shall 

15 make a public announcement of the 

16 date, place, time, and subject matter 

17 of any hearing to be conducted under 

18 this subparagraph not later than 7 

19 days before the date of the hearing, 

20 unless the co-chairs determine that 

21 there is good cause to begin such 

22 hearing on an earlier date. 

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1 ment of the proposed testimony of the 

2 witness not later than 2 days before 

3 the date of the appearance of the wit4 ness, unless the co-chairs of the Res5 cue Committee— 

6 (aa) determine that there is 

7 good cause for the witness to not 

8 file the written statement; and 

9 (bb) waive the requirement 

10 that the witness file the written 

11 statement. 

12 (G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ13 ten request of the co-chairs of a Rescue Com14 mittee, the head of a Federal agency shall pro15 vide technical assistance to the Rescue Com16 mittee in order for the Rescue Committee to 

17 carry out the duties of the Rescue Committee. 

18 (b) STAFF OF RESCUE COMMITTEE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of a Rescue 

20 Committee may jointly appoint and fix the com21 pensation of staff of the Rescue Committee as the 

22 co-chairs determine necessary, in accordance with 

23 the guidelines, rules, and requirements relating to 

24 employees of the Senate. 

25 (2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.— 


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1 (A) SENATE.—Members of the Senate who 

2 serve on a Rescue Committee and staff of the 

3 Rescue Committee shall adhere to the ethics 

4 rules of the Senate. 

5 (B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mem6 bers of the House of Representatives who serve 

7 on a Rescue Committee shall be governed by 

8 the ethics rules and requirements of the House 

9 of Representatives. 

10 (c) TERMINATION.—Each Rescue Committee shall 

11 terminate on the day after the date of the sine die ad12 journment of the 117th Congress. 

13 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF RESCUE COM14 MITTEE BILLS. 

15 (a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.—Only a Rescue 

16 Committee bill shall be entitled to expedited consideration 

17 under this section. 

18 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT19 ATIVES.— 

20 (1) INTRODUCTION.—If a Rescue Committee 

21 approves and submits legislative language under 

22 clauses (i) and (vi), respectively, of section 

23 4(a)(3)(B), a Rescue Committee bill consisting solely 

24 of that legislative language may be introduced in the 

25 House of Representatives (by request)— 


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

2 Representatives, or by a Member of the House 

3 of Representatives designated by the majority 

4 leader of the House of Representatives, on the 

5 next legislative day; or 

6 (B) if the Rescue Committee bill is not in7 troduced under subparagraph (A), by any Mem8 ber of the House of Representatives on any leg9 islative day beginning on the legislative day 

10 after the legislative day described in subpara11 graph (A). 

12 (2) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com13 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

14 Rescue Committee bill is referred shall report the 

15 Rescue Committee bill to the House of Representa16 tives without amendment not later than 10 legisla17 tive days after the date on which the Rescue Com18 mittee bill was so referred. If a committee of the 

19 House of Representatives fails to report a Rescue 

20 Committee bill within that period, it shall be in 

21 order to move that the House of Representatives dis22 charge the committee from further consideration of 

23 the Rescue Committee bill. Such a motion shall not 

24 be in order after the last committee authorized to 

25 consider the Rescue Committee bill reports it to the 


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1 House of Representatives or after the House of Rep2 resentatives has disposed of a motion to discharge 

3 the Rescue Committee bill. The previous question 

4 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

5 adoption without intervening motion except 20 min6 utes of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

7 proponent and an opponent. If such a motion is 

8 adopted, the House of Representatives shall proceed 

9 immediately to consider the Rescue Committee bill 

10 in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4). A mo11 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

12 disposed of shall not be in order. 

13 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

14 the last committee authorized to consider a Rescue 

15 Committee bill reports it to the House of Represent16 atives or has been discharged (other than by motion) 

17 from its consideration, it shall be in order to move 

18 to proceed to consider the Rescue Committee bill in 

19 the House of Representatives. Such a motion shall 

20 not be in order after the House of Representatives 

21 has disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to 

22 the Rescue Committee bill. The previous question 

23 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

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1 consider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 

2 shall not be in order. 

3 (4) CONSIDERATION.—The Rescue Committee 

4 bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 

5 against the Rescue Committee bill and against its 

6 consideration are waived. The previous question 

7 shall be considered as ordered on the Rescue Com8 mittee bill to its passage without intervening motion 

9 except 2 hours of debate equally divided and con10 trolled by the proponent and an opponent and 1 mo11 tion to limit debate on the Rescue Committee bill. A 

12 motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the Res13 cue Committee bill shall not be in order. 

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

15 of the Rescue Committee bill shall occur not later 

16 than 3 legislative days after the date on which the 

17 last committee authorized to consider the Rescue 

18 Committee bill reports it to the House of Represent19 atives or is discharged. 

20 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

21 (1) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—If a Res22 cue Committee approves and submits legislative lan23 guage under clauses (i) and (vi), respectively, of sec24 tion 4(a)(3)(B), a Rescue Committee bill consisting 


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1 solely of that legislative language may be introduced 

2 in the Senate (by request)— 

3 (A) by the majority leader of the Senate, 

4 or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 

5 majority leader of the Senate, on the next day 

6 on which the Senate is in session; or 

7 (B) if the Rescue Committee bill is not in8 troduced under subparagraph (A), by any Mem9 ber of the Senate on any day on which the Sen10 ate is in session beginning on the day after the 

11 day described in subparagraph (A). 

12 (2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A Rescue 

13 Committee bill introduced in the Senate under para14 graph (1) shall be jointly referred to the committee 

15 or committees of jurisdiction, which committees shall 

16 report the Rescue Committee bill without any revi17 sion and with a favorable recommendation, an unfa18 vorable recommendation, or without recommenda19 tion, not later than 10 session days after the date 

20 on which the Rescue Committee bill was so referred. 

21 If any committee to which a Rescue Committee bill 

22 is referred fails to report the Rescue Committee bill 

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1 cue Committee bill, and the Rescue Committee bill 

2 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

3 (3) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 

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

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

6 which a Rescue Committee bill is reported or dis7 charged from all committees to which the Rescue 

8 Committee bill was referred, for the majority leader 

9 of the Senate or the designee of the majority leader 

10 to move to proceed to the consideration of the Res11 cue Committee bill. It shall also be in order for any 

12 Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the 

13 consideration of the Rescue Committee bill at any 

14 time after the conclusion of such 2-day period. A 

15 motion to proceed is in order even though a previous 

16 motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. All 

17 points of order against the motion to proceed to the 

18 Rescue Committee bill are waived. The motion to 

19 proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject 

20 to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 

21 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

22 to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 

23 the consideration of the Rescue Committee bill is 

24 agreed to, the Rescue Committee bill shall remain 

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1 of order against a Rescue Committee bill and 

2 against consideration of the Rescue Committee bill 

3 are waived. 

4 (4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to a 

5 Rescue Committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or 

6 a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

7 business, or a motion to recommit the Rescue Com8 mittee bill, is not in order. 

9 (5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

10 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

11 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

12 case may be, to the procedure relating to a Rescue 

13 Committee bill shall be decided without debate. 

14 (d) AMENDMENT.—A Rescue Committee bill shall not 

15 be subject to amendment in either the Senate or the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing a Rescue 

19 Committee bill, a House receives from the other 

20 House a Rescue Committee bill consisting of legisla21 tive language approved by the same Rescue Com22 mittee as the Rescue Committee bill in the receiving 

23 House— 

24 (A) the Rescue Committee bill of the other 

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1 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

2 shall be the same as if no Rescue Committee 

3 bill had been received from the other House 

4 until the vote on passage, when the Rescue 

5 Committee bill received from the other House 

6 shall supplant the Rescue Committee bill of the 

7 receiving House. 

8 (2) REVENUE MEASURES.—This subsection 

9 shall not apply to the House of Representatives if a 

10 Rescue Committee bill received from the Senate is a 

11 revenue measure. 

12 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

13 HOUSE.— 

14 (1) TREATMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEE BILL

15 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If a Rescue Committee bill is 

16 not introduced in the Senate or the Senate fails to 

17 consider a Rescue Committee bill under this section, 

18 the Rescue Committee bill of the House of Rep19 resentatives consisting of legislative language ap20 proved by the same Rescue Committee as the Rescue 

21 Committee bill in the Senate shall be entitled to ex22 pedited floor procedures under this section. 

23 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

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1 ceives from the House of Representatives a Rescue 

2 Committee bill approved by the same Rescue Com3 mittee and consisting of the same legislative lan4 guage as the Senate-passed Rescue Committee bill, 

5 the House-passed Rescue Committee bill shall not be 

6 debatable. The vote on passage of the Rescue Com7 mittee bill in the Senate shall be considered to be 

8 the vote on passage of the Rescue Committee bill re9 ceived from the House of Representatives. 

10 (3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes a Rescue 

11 Committee bill, consideration of a veto message in 

12 the Senate under this paragraph shall be 10 hours 

13 equally divided between the majority and minority 

14 leaders of the Senate or the designees of the major15 ity and minority leaders of the Senate. 

16 SEC. 6. FUNDING. 

17 Funding for each Rescue Committee shall be derived 

18 in equal portions from— 

19 (1) the contingent fund of the Senate from the 

20 appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, sub21 ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate; and 

22 (2) the applicable accounts of the House of 

23 Representatives. 

24 SEC. 7. RULEMAKING. 

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

2 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re3 spectively, and, as such, the provisions— 

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

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

6 which they specifically apply; and 

7 (B) shall supersede other rules only to the 

8 extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

9 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

13 any other rule of such House. 

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