IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 119 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2013 

Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. BARR, Mr. BARTON, Mr. 

BENTIVOLIO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 

GOHMERT, Mr. JONES, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LONG, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

MULVANEY, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. STIVERS) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 

1 Resolved, That (a) clause 1 of rule X of the Rules 

2 of the House of Representatives is amended by redesig3 nating paragraphs (f) through (t) as paragraphs (g) 

4 through (u) and by inserting after paragraph (e) the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(f) Elimination of Nonessential Federal Pro7 grams. 


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1 ‘‘(1) Modification or elimination of under2 performing or nonessential Federal programs. 

3 ‘‘(2) Identification of Federal programs 

4 and activities that duplicate or compete with ac5 tivities available from the private sector.’’. 

6 (b) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 

7 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(g) The Committee on the Elimination of Non10 essential Federal Programs shall— 

11 ‘‘(1)(A) research, review, and study Federal 

12 programs that are underperforming or nonessential; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) determine which Federal programs should 

15 be modified or eliminated; 

16 ‘‘(2) develop recommendations to the House for 

17 action designed to modify or eliminate underper18 forming or nonessential Federal programs; and 

19 ‘‘(3) submit to the House— 

20 ‘‘(A) at least once a year, reports includ21 ing— 

22 ‘‘(i) a detailed statement of the find23 ings and conclusions of the Committee; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a list of underperforming or non2 essential Federal programs; and 

3 ‘‘(B) legislation to eliminate the programs 

4 described in section subdivision (ii) and rescis5 sions based on the findings of the report de6 scribed in subdivision (i).’’. 

7 (c) Clause 5(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

8 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(5)(A) The Committee on the Elimination of Non11 essential Federal Programs shall be composed of members 

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘(i) Four members from the Committee on Ap14 propriations. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Four members from the Committee on the 

16 Budget. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Four members from the Committee on 

18 Oversight and Government Reform. 

19 ‘‘(iv) Four members from the Committee on 

20 Ways and Means. 

21 ‘‘(v) One member who does not serve on any of 

22 the committees described in items (i) through (iv), 

23 who shall be appointed by the Speaker and des24 ignated by the Speaker as the Chair of the Com25 mittee. 


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1 ‘‘(vi) One member who does not serve on any 

2 of the committees described in items (i) through (iv), 

3 who shall be appointed by the Speaker and des4 ignated by the Speaker as the Vice Chair of the 

5 Committee. 

6 ‘‘(B) A member of the Committee may not serve on 

7 the committee during more than three Congresses in a pe8 riod of five successive Congresses (disregarding for this 

9 purpose any service for less than a full session in a Con10 gress). 

11 ‘‘(C) The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee 

12 shall not be from the same political party.’’. 

13 (d) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa14 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 

15 clause: 

16 ‘‘Expedited procedures for legislation reported by 

17 the Committee on the Elimination of Non18 essential Federal Programs 

19 ‘‘12. With respect to any bill or resolution reported 

20 by the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Fed21 eral Programs, the following shall apply: 

22 ‘‘(a) After the expiration of the 7-day period 

23 (excluding any day on which the House is not in ses24 sion) that begins on the date the Committee reports 

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1 ceed to the consideration of the bill or resolution. 

2 The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable, 

3 an amendment to the motion is not in order, and it 

4 is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by 

5 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

6 ‘‘(b) Debate on the bill or resolution shall be 

7 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 

8 divided equally between those favoring and those op9 posing the bill or resolution. A motion to further 

10 limit debate is not debatable. 

11 ‘‘(c) An amendment to, or motion to recommit, 

12 the bill or resolution is not in order, and it is not 

13 in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 

14 bill or resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.’’. 

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