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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5779 

To establish a commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 

Mr. HUIZENGA (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. COLE, Mr. TIMMONS, Mrs. 

SPARTZ, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CASE, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. BERA, Mr. 

MOORE of Utah, Mr. MILLS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. 

SMITH of Nebraska, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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 establish a commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. 

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 ‘‘Fiscal Commission Act 

5 of 2023’’. 

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 the 

3 Fiscal Commission under section 3(a)(3)(C)(i). 

4 (2) FISCAL COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Fiscal 

5 Commission’’ means the commission established 

6 under section 3(a). 

7 (3) FISCAL COMMISSION BILL.—The term ‘‘Fis8 cal Commission bill’’ means a bill consisting solely of 

9 legislative language that the Fiscal Commission ap10 proves and submits under clauses (i) and (v), respec11 tively, of section 3(a)(2)(B). 

12 (4) OUTSIDE EXPERT.—The term ‘‘outside ex13 pert’’ is an individual who is not an elected official 

14 or an officer or employee of the Federal Government 

15 or of any State. 

16 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FISCAL COMMISSION. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FISCAL COMMISSION.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—No later than 60 days 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act, there is es20 tablished in Congress a Fiscal Commission. 

21 (2) DUTIES.— 

22 (A) IMPROVE FISCAL SITUATION.— 

23 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Fiscal Com24 mission shall identify policies to improve 

25 the fiscal situation in the medium term 


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1 and to achieve a sustainable debt-to-GDP 

2 ratio of the long term, and for any rec3 ommendations related to Federal programs 

4 for which a Federal trust fund exists, to 

5 improve solvency for a period of at least 75 

6 years. 

7 (ii) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 

8 clause (i), the Fiscal Commission shall— 

9 (I) propose recommendations de10 signed to balance the budget at the 

11 earliest reasonable date, including at 

12 minimum stabilizing the debt-to-GDP 

13 ratio at or below one hundred percent 

14 by the end of the 10-year period be15 ginning on the date the Fiscal Com16 mission is established; and 

17 (II) propose recommendations 

18 that meaningfully improve the long19 term fiscal outlook, including changes 

20 to address the growth of direct spend21 ing and the gap between the projected 

22 revenues and expenditures of the Fed23 eral Government. 

24 (iii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT25 TEES.—Not later than 60 days after the 


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1 date described in paragraph (1), each com2 mittee of the Senate and the House of 

3 Representatives may transmit to the Fiscal 

4 Commission any recommendations of the 

5 committee relating to changes in law to 

6 further the duties described in clause (ii). 

7 (B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

8 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

10 paragraph (4)(D)(ii)(II), not earlier than 

11 November 6, 2024, but not later than No12 vember 15, 2024, the Fiscal Commission 

13 shall meet to consider, and vote on— 

14 (I) a report that contains a de15 tailed statement of the findings, con16 clusions, and recommendations of the 

17 Fiscal Commission described in sub18 paragraph (A)(i) and the estimate of 

19 the Congressional Budget Office re20 quired under paragraph (4)(D)(ii); 

21 and 

22 (II) legislative language to carry 

23 out the recommendations of the Fiscal 

24 Commission in the report described in 

25 subclause (I), which shall include a 


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1 statement of the economic and budg2 etary effects of the recommendations. 

3 (ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG4 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—A report and legis5 lative language of the Fiscal Commission 

6 under clause (i) shall require the approval 

7 of a majority of the members of the Fiscal 

8 Commission, provided that such majority 

9 shall be required to include not less than 

10 3 members of the Fiscal Commission ap11 pointed by members of the Republican 

12 Party and 3 members appointed by mem13 bers of the Democratic party. 

14 (iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.— 

15 (I) IN GENERAL.—A member of 

16 the Fiscal Commission who gives no17 tice of an intention to file supple18 mental, minority, or additional views 

19 at the time of the final Fiscal Com20 mission vote on the approval of the re21 port and legislative language of the 

22 Fiscal Commission under clause (i) 

23 shall be entitled to 3 days to file those 

24 views in writing with the staff director 

25 of the Fiscal Commission. 


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1 (II) INCLUSION IN REPORT.— 

2 Views filed under subclause (I) shall 

3 be included in the report of the Fiscal 

4 Commission under clause (i) and 

5 printed in the same volume, or part 

6 thereof, and such inclusion shall be 

7 noted on the cover of the report, ex8 cept that, in the absence of timely no9 tice, the report may be printed and 

10 transmitted immediately without such 

11 views. 

12 (iv) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN13 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 

14 approval or disapproval of a report and 

15 legislative language under clause (i) by the 

16 Fiscal Commission, the Fiscal Commission 

17 shall promptly, and not more than 24 

18 hours after the approval or disapproval or, 

19 if timely notice is given under clause (iii), 

20 not more than 24 hours after additional 

21 views are filed under such clause, make the 

22 report, the legislative language, and a 

23 record of the vote on the report and legis24 lative language available to the public. 


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1 (v) SUBMISSION OF REPORT AND LEG2 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If a report and leg3 islative language are approved by the Fis4 cal Commission under clause (i), not later 

5 than 3 days after the date on which the re6 port and legislative language are made 

7 available to the public under clause (iv), 

8 the Fiscal Commission shall submit the re9 port and legislative language to the Presi10 dent, the Vice President, the Speaker of 

11 the House of Representatives, and the ma12 jority and minority leaders of each House 

13 of Congress. 

14 (3) MEMBERSHIP.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Fiscal Commission 

16 shall be composed of 16 members appointed in 

17 accordance with subparagraph (B) and with 

18 due consideration to chairs and ranking mem19 bers of the committees and subcommittees of 

20 subject matter jurisdiction, if applicable. 

21 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 14 

22 days after the date described in paragraph 

23 (1)— 

24 (i) the majority leader of the Senate 

25 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 


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1 Members of the Senate, and 1 outside ex2 pert, who shall serve as members of the 

3 Fiscal Commission; 

4 (ii) the minority leader of the Senate 

5 shall appoint 3 individuals from among the 

6 Members of the Senate, and 1 outside ex7 pert who shall serve as members of the 

8 Fiscal Commission; 

9 (iii) the Speaker of the House of Rep10 resentatives shall appoint 3 individuals 

11 from among the Members of the House of 

12 Representatives, and 1 outside expert, who 

13 shall serve as members of the Fiscal Com14 mission; and 

15 (iv) the minority leader of the House 

16 of Representatives shall appoint 3 individ17 uals from among the Members of the 

18 House of Representatives, and 1 outside 

19 expert, who shall serve as members of the 

20 Fiscal Commission. 

21 (C) CO-CHAIRS.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 

23 days after the date described in paragraph 

24 (1), with respect to the Fiscal Commis25 sion— 


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1 (I) the leadership of the Senate 

2 and House of Representatives of the 

3 same political party as the President 

4 shall appoint 1 individual from among 

5 the members of the Fiscal Commis6 sion who shall serve as a co-chair of 

7 the Fiscal Commission; and 

8 (II) the leadership of the Senate 

9 and House of Representatives of the 

10 opposite political party as the Presi11 dent, shall appoint 1 individual from 

12 among the members of the Fiscal 

13 Commission who shall serve as a co14 chair of the Fiscal Commission. 

15 (ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.—With respect 

16 to the Fiscal Commission, the co-chairs of 

17 the Fiscal Commission, acting jointly, shall 

18 hire the staff director of the Fiscal Com19 mission. 

20 (D) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—The members of 

22 the Fiscal Commission shall be appointed 

23 for the life of the Fiscal Commission. 

24 (ii) VACANCY.— 


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1 (I) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy 

2 in the Fiscal Commission shall not af3 fect the powers of the Fiscal Commis4 sion, but shall be filled not later than 

5 14 days after the date on which the 

6 vacancy occurs, in the same manner 

7 as the original appointment was 

8 made. 

9 (II) INELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—If a 

10 member of the Fiscal Commission who 

11 was appointed as a Member of the 

12 Senate or the House Representatives 

13 ceases to be a Member of the Senate 

14 or the House of Representatives, as 

15 applicable— 

16 (aa) the member shall no 

17 longer be a member of the Fiscal 

18 Commission; and 

19 (bb) a vacancy in the Fiscal 

20 Commission exists. 

21 (4) ADMINISTRATION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the 

23 Fiscal Commission, to enable the Fiscal Com24 mission to exercise the powers, functions, and 

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1 thorized to be disbursed by the Senate the ac2 tual and necessary expenses of the Fiscal Com3 mission approved by the co-chairs of the Fiscal 

4 Commission, subject to the rules and regula5 tions of the Senate. 

6 (B) EXPENSES.—With respect to the Fis7 cal Commission, in carrying out the functions of 

8 the Fiscal Commission, the Fiscal Commission 

9 is authorized to incur expenses in the same 

10 manner and under the same conditions as the 

11 Joint Economic Committee is authorized under 

12 section 11(d) of the Employment Act of 1946 

13 (15 U.S.C. 1024(d)). 

14 (C) QUORUM.—With respect to the Fiscal 

15 Commission, 9 members of the Fiscal Commis16 sion shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 

17 voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 

18 (D) VOTING.— 

19 (i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

20 shall be allowed on behalf of any member 

21 of the Fiscal Commission. 

22 (ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

23 ESTIMATES.— 

24 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 

25 of the Congressional Budget Office 


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1 shall, with respect to the legislative 

2 language of the Fiscal Commission 

3 under paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), provide 

4 to the Fiscal Commission— 

5 (aa) estimates of the legisla6 tive language in accordance with 

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

8 Congressional Budget Act of 

9 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and 

10 601(f)); and 

11 (bb) information on the 

12 budgetary effect of the legislative 

13 language on the long-term fiscal 

14 outlook. 

15 (II) LIMITATION.—The Fiscal 

16 Commission may not vote on any 

17 version of the report, recommenda18 tions, or legislative language of the 

19 Fiscal Commission under paragraph 

20 (2)(B)(i) unless the estimates and in21 formation described in subclause (I) 

22 of this clause are made available for 

23 consideration by all members of the 

24 Fiscal Commission not later than 48 

25 hours before that vote, as certified by 


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1 the co-chairs of the Fiscal Commis2 sion. 

3 (E) MEETINGS.— 

4 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

5 45 days after the date described in para6 graph (1), the Fiscal Commission shall 

7 hold the first meeting of the Fiscal Com8 mission. 

9 (ii) AGENDA.—For each meeting of 

10 the Fiscal Commission, the co-chairs of the 

11 Fiscal Commission shall provide an agenda 

12 to the members of the Fiscal Commission 

13 not later than 48 hours before the meeting. 

14 (F) HEARINGS.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Fiscal Com16 mission may, for the purpose of carrying 

17 out this section, hold such hearings, sit 

18 and act at such times and places, require 

19 attendance of witnesses and production of 

20 books, papers, and documents, take such 

21 testimony, receive such evidence, and ad22 minister such oaths as the Fiscal Commis23 sion considers advisable. 

24 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE25 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 


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1 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The co2 chairs of the Fiscal Commission shall 

3 make a public announcement of the 

4 date, place, time, and subject matter 

5 of any hearing to be conducted under 

6 this subparagraph not later than 7 

7 days before the date of the hearing, 

8 unless the co-chairs determine that 

9 there is good cause to begin such 

10 hearing on an earlier date. 

11 (II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.—A 

12 witness appearing before the Fiscal 

13 Commission shall file a written state14 ment of the proposed testimony of the 

15 witness not later than 2 days before 

16 the date of the appearance of the wit17 ness, unless the co-chairs of the Fiscal 

18 Commission— 

19 (aa) determine that there is 

20 good cause for the witness to not 

21 file the written statement; and 

22 (bb) waive the requirement 

23 that the witness file the written 

24 statement. 


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1 (G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ2 ten request of the co-chairs of the Fiscal Com3 mission, the head of a Federal agency shall pro4 vide technical assistance to the Fiscal Commis5 sion in order for the Fiscal Commission to 

6 carry out the duties of the Fiscal Commission. 

7 (H) OUTSIDE EXPERT.—Any outside ex8 pert appointed to the Fiscal Commission— 

9 (i) shall not be considered to be a 

10 Federal employee for any purpose by rea11 son of service on the Fiscal Commission; 

12 and 

13 (ii) shall be allowed travel expenses, 

14 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 

15 at rates authorized for employees of agen16 cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 

17 title 5, United States Code, while away 

18 from their homes or regular places of busi19 ness in the performance of services for the 

20 Commission. 

21 (b) STAFF OF FISCAL COMMISSION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Fiscal 

23 Commission may jointly appoint and fix the com24 pensation of staff of the Fiscal Commission as the 

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1 the guidelines, rules, and requirements relating to 

2 employees of the Senate. 

3 (2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.— 

4 (A) SENATE.—Members appointed by 

5 Members of the Senate who serve on the Fiscal 

6 Commission and staff of the Fiscal Commission 

7 shall adhere to the ethics rules of the Senate. 

8 (B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mem9 bers appointed by Members of the House of 

10 Representatives who serve on the Fiscal Com11 mission shall be governed by the ethics rules 

12 and requirements of the House of Representa13 tives. 

14 (c) TERMINATION.—The Fiscal Commission shall ter15 minate on the date that is 30 days after the date the Fis16 cal Commission submits the report under subsection 

17 (a)(2)(B)(v). 

18 SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF FISCAL COMMIS19 SION BILLS. 

20 (a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.—Only a Fiscal Com21 mission bill shall be entitled to expedited consideration 

22 under this section. 

23 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT24 ATIVES.— 


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1 (1) INTRODUCTION.—If the Fiscal Commission 

2 approves and submits legislative language under 

3 clauses (i) and (v), respectively, of section 

4 3(a)(2)(B), the Fiscal Commission bill consisting 

5 solely of that legislative language shall be introduced 

6 in the House of Representatives (by request)— 

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

8 Representatives, or by a Member of the House 

9 of Representatives designated by the majority 

10 leader of the House of Representatives, on the 

11 third legislative day after the date the Fiscal 

12 Commission approves and submits such legisla13 tive language; or 

14 (B) if the Fiscal Commission bill is not in15 troduced under subparagraph (A), by any Mem16 ber of the House of Representatives on any leg17 islative day beginning on the legislative day 

18 after the legislative day described in subpara19 graph (A). 

20 (2) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com21 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

22 Fiscal Commission bill is referred shall report the 

23 Fiscal Commission bill to the House of Representa24 tives without amendment not later than 5 legislative 

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1 bill was so referred. If any committee of the House 

2 of Representatives to which a Fiscal Commission bill 

3 is referred fails to report the Fiscal Commission bill 

4 within that period, that committee shall be auto5 matically discharged from consideration of the Fiscal 

6 Commission bill, and the Fiscal Commission bill 

7 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

8 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

9 the last committee authorized to consider a Fiscal 

10 Commission bill reports it to the House of Rep11 resentatives or has been discharged from its consid12 eration, it shall be in order to move to proceed to 

13 consider the Fiscal Commission bill in the House of 

14 Representatives. Such a motion shall not be in order 

15 after the House of Representatives has disposed of 

16 a motion to proceed with respect to the Fiscal Com17 mission bill. The previous question shall be consid18 ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption with19 out intervening motion. 

20 (4) CONSIDERATION.—The Fiscal Commission 

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

22 against the Fiscal Commission bill and against its 

23 consideration are waived. The previous question 

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1 tion except 2 hours of debate equally divided and 

2 controlled by the proponent and an opponent. 

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

4 of the Fiscal Commission bill shall occur pursuant to 

5 the constraints under clause 8 of rule XX of the 

6 Rules of the House of Representatives. 

7 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

8 (1) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—If the 

9 Fiscal Commission approves and submits legislative 

10 language under clauses (i) and (v), respectively, of 

11 section 3(a)(2)(B), a Fiscal Commission bill con12 sisting solely of that legislative language may be in13 troduced in the Senate (by request)— 

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

15 or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 

16 majority leader of the Senate, on the next day 

17 on which the Senate is in session; or 

18 (B) if the Fiscal Commission bill is not in19 troduced under subparagraph (A), by any Mem20 ber of the Senate on any day on which the Sen21 ate is in session beginning on the day after the 

22 day described in subparagraph (A). 

23 (2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A Fiscal 

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1 mittee or committees of jurisdiction, which commit2 tees shall report the Fiscal Commission bill without 

3 any revision and with a favorable recommendation, 

4 an unfavorable recommendation, or without rec5 ommendation, not later than 5 session days after the 

6 date on which the Fiscal Commission bill was so re7 ferred. If any committee to which a Fiscal Commis8 sion bill is referred fails to report the Fiscal Com9 mission bill within that period, that committee shall 

10 be automatically discharged from consideration of 

11 the Fiscal Commission bill, and the Fiscal Commis12 sion bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

13 (3) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 

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

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

16 which a Fiscal Commission bill is reported or dis17 charged from all committees to which the Fiscal 

18 Commission bill was referred, for the majority leader 

19 of the Senate or the designee of the majority leader 

20 to move to proceed to the consideration of the Fiscal 

21 Commission bill. It shall also be in order for any 

22 Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the 

23 consideration of the Fiscal Commission bill at any 

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

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

2 points of order against the motion to proceed to the 

3 Fiscal Commission bill are waived. The motion to 

4 proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject 

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

6 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

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

8 the consideration of the Fiscal Commission bill is 

9 agreed to, the Fiscal Commission bill shall remain 

10 the unfinished business until disposed of. All points 

11 of order against a Fiscal Commission bill and 

12 against consideration of the Fiscal Commission bill 

13 are waived. 

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

15 Fiscal Commission bill, or a motion to postpone, or 

16 a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

17 business, or a motion to recommit the Fiscal Com18 mission bill, is not in order. 

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

20 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

21 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

22 case may be, to the procedure relating to a Fiscal 

23 Commission bill shall be decided without debate. 


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1 (d) AMENDMENT.—A Fiscal Commission bill shall 

2 not be subject to amendment in either the Senate or the 

3 House of Representatives. 

4 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing a Fiscal 

6 Commission bill, a House receives from the other 

7 House a Fiscal Commission bill consisting of legisla8 tive language approved by the same Fiscal Commis9 sion as the Fiscal Commission bill in the receiving 

10 House— 

11 (A) the Fiscal Commission bill of the other 

12 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

13 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

14 shall be the same as if no Fiscal Commission 

15 bill had been received from the other House 

16 until the vote on passage, when the Fiscal Com17 mission bill received from the other House shall 

18 supplant the Fiscal Commission bill of the re19 ceiving House. 

20 (2) REVENUE MEASURES.—This subsection 

21 shall not apply to the House of Representatives if a 

22 Fiscal Commission bill received from the Senate is 

23 a revenue measure. 

24 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

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1 (1) TREATMENT OF FISCAL COMMISSION BILL

2 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If a Fiscal Commission bill is 

3 not introduced in the Senate or the Senate fails to 

4 consider a Fiscal Commission bill under this section, 

5 the Fiscal Commission bill of the House of Rep6 resentatives consisting of legislative language ap7 proved by the same Fiscal Commission as the Fiscal 

8 Commission bill in the Senate shall be entitled to ex9 pedited floor procedures under this section. 

10 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

11 THE SENATE.—If, following passage of a Fiscal 

12 Commission bill in the Senate, the Senate then re13 ceives from the House of Representatives a Fiscal 

14 Commission bill approved by the same Fiscal Com15 mission and consisting of the same legislative lan16 guage as the Senate-passed Fiscal Commission bill, 

17 the House-passed Fiscal Commission bill shall not 

18 be debatable. The vote on passage of the Fiscal 

19 Commission bill in the Senate shall be considered to 

20 be the vote on passage of the Fiscal Commission bill 

21 received from the House of Representatives. 

22 (3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes a Fiscal 

23 Commission bill, consideration of a veto message in 

24 the Senate under this paragraph shall be 10 hours 

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1 leaders of the Senate or the designees of the major2 ity and minority leaders of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

4 Funding for the Fiscal Commission shall be derived 

5 in equal portions from— 

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

7 appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, sub8 ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the applicable accounts of the House of 

10 Representatives. 

11 SEC. 6. RULEMAKING. 

12 The provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress— 

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

14 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re15 spectively, and, as such, the provisions— 

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

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

18 which they specifically apply; and 

19 (B) shall supersede other rules only to the 

20 extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

21 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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


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

2 any other rule of such House. 

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