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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1326 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a certain study 

by the Defense Business Board regarding potential cost savings in the 

Department of Defense and to provide for expedited consideration of 

legislation to implement such cost savings. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Mr. SCHRADER (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress 

a certain study by the Defense Business Board regarding 

potential cost savings in the Department of Defense and 

to provide for expedited consideration of legislation to 

implement such cost savings. 

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 ‘‘Department of Defense 

5 Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF REPORT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

4 shall submit to the congressional defense committees the 

5 covered study and any supporting information used by the 

6 Defense Business Board to conduct such study. 

7 (b) PUBLIC RELEASE.—Pursuant to section 122a of 

8 title 10, United States Code, the Secretary shall ensure 

9 that the covered study is made publicly available. 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit12 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

13 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

14 (2) The term ‘‘covered study’’ means the study 

15 conducted by the Defense Business Board titled 

16 ‘‘Transforming Department of Defense’s Core Busi17 ness Processes for Revolutionary Change’’. 

18 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION TO 

19 IMPLEMENT STUDY. 

20 (a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘‘qualifying legislation’’ means a bill or 

22 joint resolution of the House of Representatives or the 

23 Senate— 

24 (1) that is introduced by the Chairman or rank25 ing member of the Committee on Armed Services of 

26 the House of Representatives, the Chairman or 


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1 ranking member of the Committee on Armed Serv2 ices of the Senate, the Majority Leader of the House 

3 of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the 

4 House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of 

5 the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate; 

6 (2) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘To imple7 ment cost savings in the Department of Defense as 

8 identified by the Defense Business Board.’’; and 

9 (3) consists solely of the following provisions: 

10 (A) Provisions that allow for a short title, 

11 findings, or other text that does not affect the 

12 authority or responsibility of the President or a 

13 department or agency of the Federal Govern14 ment. 

15 (B) Provisions that implement not less 

16 than 80 percent of the cost savings in the De17 partment of Defense as identified by the De18 fense Business Board in the study titled 

19 ‘‘Transforming Department of Defense’s Core 

20 Business Processes for Revolutionary Change’’ 

21 and submitted to Congress pursuant to section 

22 2. 

23 (b) CONSIDERATION.— 

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1 tives shall be referred to the Committee on Armed 

2 Services of the House of Representatives. Qualifying 

3 legislation introduced in the Senate shall be referred 

4 to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

5 (2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the com6 mittee to which qualifying legislation is referred has 

7 not reported the qualifying legislation within 10 ses8 sion days after the date of referral of the legislation, 

9 the committee shall be discharged from further con10 sideration of the legislation, and the qualifying legis11 lation shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of 

12 the House involved. 

13 (3) CONSIDERATION.—On or after the third 

14 day after the date on which the committee to which 

15 qualifying legislation is referred has reported, or has 

16 been discharged under paragraph (2) from further 

17 consideration of, such legislation, it is in order (even 

18 though a previous motion to the same effect has 

19 been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective 

20 House to move to proceed to the consideration of the 

21 qualifying legislation. A Member may make the mo22 tion only on the day after the calendar day on which 

23 the Member announces to the House concerned the 

24 Member’s intention to make the motion, except that, 

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1 tion may be made without such prior announcement 

2 if the motion is made by direction of the committee 

3 to which the qualifying legislation was referred. All 

4 points of order against the qualifying legislation 

5 (and against consideration of the qualifying legisla6 tion) are waived. The motion is highly privileged in 

7 the House of Representatives and is privileged in the 

8 Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not sub9 ject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or 

10 to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

11 business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

12 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be 

13 in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 

14 of the qualifying legislation is agreed to, the respec15 tive House shall immediately proceed to consider16 ation of the qualifying legislation without intervening 

17 motion, order, or other business, and the qualifying 

18 legislation shall remain the unfinished business of 

19 the respective House until disposed of. 

20 (4) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying legislation, 

21 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connec22 tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 

23 hours, which shall be divided equally between, and 

24 controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority 

25 Leader or their designees. A motion to further limit 


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1 debate is in order and not debatable. The only 

2 amendments to the qualifying legislation that are in 

3 order are amendments that seek to ensure the quali4 fying legislation meets the criteria under subsection 

5 (a)(3). A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed 

6 to the consideration of other business, or a motion 

7 to recommit the qualifying legislation is not in order. 

8 A motion to reconsider the vote by which the quali9 fying legislation is agreed to or disagreed to is not 

10 in order. 

11 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—Immediately following 

12 the conclusion of the debate on the qualifying legis13 lation and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 

14 the debate if requested in accordance with the rules 

15 of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage 

16 of the qualifying legislation shall occur. 

17 (6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

18 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

19 the application of the rules of the Senate or the 

20 House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the 

21 procedure relating to qualifying legislation shall be 

22 decided without debate. 

23 (c) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before the passage by one 

25 House of qualifying legislation of that House, that 


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1 House receives from the other House qualifying leg2 islation, then the following procedures shall apply: 

3 (A) The qualifying legislation of the other 

4 House shall not be referred to a committee and 

5 may not be considered in the House receiving it 

6 except in the case of final passage as provided 

7 in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

8 (B) With respect to any qualifying legisla9 tion of the House receiving the qualifying legis10 lation— 

11 (i) the procedure in that House shall 

12 be the same as if no qualifying legislation 

13 had been received from the other House; 

14 but 

15 (ii) the vote on final passage shall be 

16 on the qualifying legislation of the other 

17 House. 

18 (2) DISPOSITION.—Upon disposition of the 

19 qualifying legislation received from the other House, 

20 it shall no longer be in order to consider the quali21 fying legislation that originated in the receiving 

22 House. 

23 (d) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP24 RESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Congress— 


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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 is deemed a part of the rules 

4 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

5 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

6 House in the case of qualifying legislation described 

7 in subsection (a)(1), and supersedes other rules only 

8 to the extent that this section is inconsistent with 

9 such rules; and 

10 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

14 the case of any other rule of that House. 

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