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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3534 

To reduce the national debt and eliminate waste in Government spending, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 

Mr. GUINTA (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 

and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reduce the national debt and eliminate waste in 

Government spending, 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 ‘‘Audit U.S. Depart5 ments to Insulate Taxpayers Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘AUDIT 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. GAO REPORT REQUIRED. 

8 (a) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 


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1 the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress the re2 port required by section 21 of title II of Public Law 111– 

3 139 (124 Stat. 29; 31 U.S.C. 712 Note), including a legis4 lative proposal that implements the recommendations. 

5 (b) INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDA6 TIONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

8 the date on which the report is submitted under sub9 section (a), a legislative proposal based on the report 

10 shall be introduced in the Senate by the chair or 

11 ranking minority member of the Homeland Security 

12 and Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate 

13 and shall be introduced in the House of Representa14 tives by the chair or ranking minority member of the 

15 Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (2) NOT IN SESSION.—If either House is not in 

18 session on the day on which such legislative proposal 

19 is submitted, the legislative proposal shall be intro20 duced in that House, as provided in paragraph (1), 

21 on the first day thereafter on which that House is 

22 in session. 

23 (3) INTRODUCTION BY MEMBER.—If the legisla24 tive proposal is not introduced in either House with25 in 5 days on which that House is in session after the 


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1 day on which the legislative proposal is submitted, 

2 then any Member of that House may introduce the 

3 legislative proposal. 

4 (4) REFERRAL.—The legislation introduced 

5 under this subsection in the House of Representa6 tives shall be referred to the Committee on Over7 sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep8 resentatives. The legislation introduced under this 

9 subsection in the Senate shall be referred to the 

10 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

11 Affairs of the Senate. 

12 (c) HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After the date on which 

13 the legislative proposal is introduced in the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate, the chair of the Committee 

15 on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 

16 Representatives and the chair of the Committee on Home17 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

18 shall hold hearings to provide a representative of the rel19 evant agency the opportunity to testify regarding the mer20 its of the programs described in the legislative proposal. 

21 (d) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a legisla22 tive proposal described in subsection (a) is referred has 

23 not reported the bill containing such proposal by the end 

24 of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the 

25 report is submitted under subsection (a), such committee 


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1 shall be, at the end of such period, discharged from fur2 ther consideration of such bill, and such bill shall be placed 

3 on the appropriate calendar of the House involved. In cal4 culating the 60-day period, days on which either House 

5 is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 

6 3 days to a date certain shall not be counted. 

7 (e) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— 

8 (1) CONSIDERATION.—On or after the third 

9 day after the date on which the committee to which 

10 such a bill is referred has reported, or has been dis11 charged (under subsection (d)) from further consid12 eration of, such a bill, it is in order (even though a 

13 previous motion to the same effect has been dis14 agreed to) for any Member of the respective House 

15 to move to proceed to the consideration of the bill. 

16 A member may make the motion only on the legisla17 tive day after the day on which the Member an18 nounces to the House concerned the Member’s inten19 tion to make the motion, except that, in the case of 

20 the House of Representatives, the motion may be 

21 made without such prior announcement if the mo22 tion is made by direction of the committee to which 

23 the bill was referred. The motion is highly privileged 

24 in the House of Representatives and is privileged in 

25 the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not 


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1 subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, 

2 or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

3 other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 

4 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 

5 not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consid6 eration of the bill is agreed to, the respective House 

7 shall immediately proceed to consideration of the bill 

8 without intervening motion, order, or other business, 

9 and the bill shall remain the unfinished business of 

10 the respective House until disposed of. 

11 (2) DEBATE.—Debate on the bill, and on all 

12 debatable motions and appeals in connection there13 with, shall be limited to not more than 4 hours in 

14 the House of Representatives and 10 hours in the 

15 Senate, which shall be divided equally between those 

16 favoring and those opposing the bill. A motion fur17 ther to limit debate is in order and not debatable. 

18 A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 

19 consideration of other business, or a motion to re20 commit the bill is not in order. A motion to recon21 sider the vote by which the bill is agreed to or dis22 agreed to is not in order. 

23 (3) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—Immediately 

24 following the conclusion of the debate on the bill and 

25 a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 


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1 if requested in accordance with the rules of the ap2 propriate House, the vote on final passage of the bill 

3 shall occur. 

4 (4) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions of 

5 the chair relating to the application of the rules of 

6 the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the 

7 case may be, to the procedure relating to the bill 

8 shall be decided without debate. 

9 (f) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—This sec10 tion is enacted by the Congress— 

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

12 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re13 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

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

15 that House to which they specifically apply, and 

16 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex17 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

18 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

22 any other rule of such House. 


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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘agen2 cy’’ has the meaning given that term in section 551 of 

3 title 5, United States Code. 

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