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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3099

To establish the Federal Workforce Reduction and Realignment Commission.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 21, 1993

Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr.

GILLMOR, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of

Texas, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. OXLEY, Mr.

RAMSTAD, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. WALKER, and Mr.

CUNNINGHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to

the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and Rules

A BILL

To establish the Federal Workforce Reduction and

Realignment Commission.

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 ‘‘Federal Workforce Re5 duction and Realignment Commission Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

7 There is established an independent commission to be

8 known as the ‘‘Federal Workforce Reduction and Realign-
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1 ment Commission’’ (hereinafter in this Act referred to as

2 the ‘‘Commission’’).

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSE OF COMMISSION.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of the Commission

5 is to develop and submit, to the President and the Con6 gress, recommendations for reducing the number of Fed7 eral employees nationwide, in non-defense-related agen8 cies, by 250,000.

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The recommendations of the

10 Commission—

11 (1) shall be based on data which shall be sup12 plied by Federal agencies; and

13 (2) shall be developed in a manner so as to im14 prove Government efficiency.

15 SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.

16 (a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be

18 composed of 8 members appointed by the President,

19 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

20 (2) NOMINATIONS.—The President shall trans21 mit to the Senate his nominations for appointment

22 to the Commission no later than 30 days after the

23 date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 (b) CONSULTATION.—In selecting individuals for

2 nomination for appointment to the Commission, the Presi3 dent shall consult with—

4 (1) the Speaker of the House of Representa5 tives concerning the appointment of 2 members;

6 (2) the majority leader of the Senate concerning

7 the appointment of 1 member;

8 (3) the minority leader of the House of Rep9 resentatives concerning the appointment of 1 mem10 ber; and

11 (4) the minority leader of the Senate concern12 ing the appointment of 1 member.

13 (c) CHAIRMAN.—At the time the President nominates

14 individuals for appointment to the Commission, the Presi15 dent shall designate 1 such individual to serve as Chair16 man of the Commission.

17 (d) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed for the

18 life of the Commission.

19 (e) MEETINGS.—

20 (1) FREQUENCY.—The Commission shall meet

21 at the call of the Chairman or a majority of its

22 members.

23 (2) OPEN MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the

24 Commission shall be open to the public.
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1 (f) PAY.—Each member shall be paid at the rate

2 equal to the daily equivalent of the rate payable for level

3 IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title

4 5, United States Code, for each day during which the

5 member is engaged in the actual performance of duties

6 vested in the Commission.

7 SEC. 5. STAFF.

8 The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of such

9 personnel as it considers appropriate, except that not more

than 1 10 ⁄3 of the personnel employed by or detailed to the

11 Commission may be on detail from a Federal agency.

12 SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

13 (a) RELATING TO THE COMMISSION.—The Commis14 sion shall transmit a report to the President and the Con15 gress not later than 90 days after the Commission is ap16 pointed. Such report shall contain the recommendations

17 of the Commission (as described in section 3(a)), including

18 recommendations relating to any legislation or other meas19 ures which the Commission considers necessary, with par20 ticular attention to the methodology used by the Commis21 sion.

22 (b) RELATING TO THE PRESIDENT.—The President

23 shall transmit a written report to the Congress, not later

24 than 10 days after receiving the report of the Commission,

25 in which the President shall indicate—
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1 (1) approval, in which case the Congress shall

2 introduce these recommendations as a joint resolu3 tion; or

4 (2) disapproval, in which case the President

5 shall submit changes to the Commission within 10

6 days; the Commission shall then have an additional

7 10 days to consider these changes and submit their

8 final report to Congress.

9 SEC. 7. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION

10 REPORT.

11 (a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For the purposes

12 of this Act, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint

13 resolution which is introduced within a 10-day period be14 ginning on the date on which the President or the Com15 mission transmits the report to Congress and—

16 (1) which does not have a preamble;

17 (2) the matter after the resolving clause of

18 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress approves the

19 recommendations of the Federal Workforce Reduc20 tion and Realignment Commission as submitted by

21 the President on lllllllll ’’, the blank

22 space being filled by the appropriate date; and

23 (3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso24 lution approving the recommendations of the Fed-
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1 eral Workforce Reduction and Realignment Commis2 sion.’’.

3 (b) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection

4 (a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives

5 shall be referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil

6 Service of the House of Representatives. A resolution de7 scribed in subsection (a) introduced in the Senate shall

8 be referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of

9 the Senate.

10 (c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu11 tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re12 ported such resolution (or an identical resolution) by the

13 end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which

14 the President transmits a report to the Congress under

15 section 6(b), such committee shall be, at the end of such

16 period, discharged from further consideration of such reso17 lution, and such resolution shall be placed on the appro18 priate calendar of the House involved.

19 (d) CONSIDERATION.—(1) On or after the third day

20 after the date on which the committee to which the resolu21 tion is referred has reported, or has been discharged, it

22 shall be in order for any Member of the respective House

23 to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution

24 (but only on the day after the calendar day on which such

25 Member announces to the House concerned the Member’s
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1 intention to do so). All points of order against the resolu2 tion and against consideration of the resolution are

3 waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of

4 Representatives and is privileged in the Senate and is not

5 debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or

6 to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the

7 consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the

8 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to is

9 not in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration

10 of the resolution is agreed to, the respective House shall

11 immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolu12 tion without intervening motion, order, or other business,

13 and the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of

14 the respective House until disposed of.

15 (2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable

16 motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be lim17 ited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided

18 equally between those favoring and those opposing the res19 olution. An amendment to the resolution is not in order.

20 A motion to further limit debate is in order and not debat21 able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the

22 consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit

23 the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the

24 vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to

25 is not in order.
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1 (3) Immediately following conclusion of the debate on

2 a resolution described in subsection (a) and a single

3 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate is requested

4 in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the

5 vote on final passage of the resolution shall occur.

6 (4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating

7 to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House

8 of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure

9 relating to a resolution described in subsection (a) shall

10 be decided without debate.

11 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.—(1) If,

12 before the passage by one House of a resolution of that

13 House described in subsection (a), that House receives

14 from the other House a resolution described in subsection

15 (a), then the following procedures shall apply:

16 (A) The resolution of the other House shall not

17 be referred to a committee and may not be consid18 ered in the House receiving it except in the case of

19 final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii).

20 (B) With respect to a resolution described in

21 subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolu22 tion—

23 (i) the procedure in that House shall be

24 the same as if no resolution had been received

25 from the other House; but
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1 (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on

2 the resolution of the other House.

3 (2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from

4 the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider

5 the resolution that originated in the receiving House.

6 (f) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE.—This sec7 tion is enacted by Congress—

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

9 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec10 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules

11 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with

12 respect to the procedure to be followed in that

13 House in the case of a resolution described in sub14 section (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the

15 extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and

16 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional

17 right of either House to change the rules (so far as

18 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,

19 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in

20 the case of any other rule of that House.

21 SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

22 The Commission shall terminate as of the date on

23 which it transmit its final report under section 6(b)(2).

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