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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 759 

To establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of the 

recommendations set forth in the Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings 

report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17, 2015 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. GARDNER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To establish procedures for the expedited consideration by 

Congress of the recommendations set forth in the Cuts, 

Consolidations, and Savings report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget. 

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 ‘‘Expedited Consider5 ation of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CUTS, CONSOLIDA2 TIONS, AND SAVINGS PREPARED BY THE OF3 FICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres5 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

6 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating sections 1013 through 

8 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, respectively; 

9 and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 1012 the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1013. CUTS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AND SAVINGS REPORT 

13 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT 

14 AND BUDGET. 

15 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

16 ‘‘(1) the term ‘continuous session’ relating to a 

17 House does not include a period during which that 

18 House has adjourned sine die or during which that 

19 House is not in session because of an adjournment 

20 of more than 3 days to a date certain; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered bill’ means a bill or joint 

22 resolution— 

23 ‘‘(A) transmitted under subsection (b)(2); 

24 and 

25 ‘‘(B) introduced under subsection (c). 

26 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

2 after the publication of any Cuts, Consolidations, 

3 and Savings report prepared by the Office of Man4 agement and Budget, or any successor thereto, the 

5 President may transmit to Congress a special mes6 sage to carry out all or part of the recommendations 

7 contained in the report. 

8 ‘‘(2) PROPOSED LEGISLATION.—With a special 

9 message transmitted under paragraph (1), the Presi10 dent shall include a draft bill or joint resolution that 

11 would carry out the recommendations of the Presi12 dent. 

13 ‘‘(c) INTRODUCTION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The majority leader or the 

15 minority leader of the Senate and the majority lead16 er or the minority leader of the House of Represent17 atives shall introduce (by request) a bill or joint res18 olution transmitted to Congress under subsection 

19 (b)(2) not later than the end of the second day of 

20 continuous session of the Senate or the House of 

21 Representatives, respectively, after the date on which 

22 the President transmits the bill or joint resolution. 

23 ‘‘(2) BY OTHER MEMBERS.—On and after the 

24 third day of continuous session of the Senate or the 

25 House of Representatives after the date on which a 


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1 bill or joint resolution is transmitted to Congress 

2 under subsection (b)(2), and if the bill or joint reso3 lution has not been introduced under paragraph (1) 

4 in that House, it shall be in order for a Member of 

5 the Senate or the House of Representatives to intro6 duce the bill or joint resolution. 

7 ‘‘(d) REFERRAL.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate and the 

9 House of Representatives, a covered bill shall be re10 ferred to the committee or committees of the House 

11 with subject matter jurisdiction over that measure. 

12 ‘‘(2) REPORTING.—A committee to which a cov13 ered bill is referred— 

14 ‘‘(A) shall report the covered bill without 

15 substantive revision; 

16 ‘‘(B) may report the covered bill with or 

17 without recommendation; and 

18 ‘‘(C) shall report the covered bill not later 

19 than the seventh day of continuous session of 

20 that House after the date of receipt of the spe21 cial message that the covered bill accompanied. 

22 ‘‘(3) DISCHARGE.—If a committee fails to re23 port a covered bill within the period specified in 

24 paragraph (2)(C), the committee shall be discharged 

25 from further consideration of the covered bill and 


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1 the covered bill shall be referred to the appropriate 

2 calendar of the House. 

3 ‘‘(e) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

4 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After each committee 

7 authorized to consider a covered bill reports it 

8 to the House of Representatives or has been 

9 discharged from its consideration, it shall be in 

10 order to move to proceed to consider the cov11 ered bill in the House of Representatives. 

12 ‘‘(B) MOTION.—For a motion to proceed 

13 to a covered bill— 

14 ‘‘(i) the motion shall be highly privi15 leged and shall not be debatable; 

16 ‘‘(ii) all points of order against the 

17 motion are waived; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the previous question shall be 

19 considered as ordered on the motion to its 

20 adoption without intervening motion; 

21 ‘‘(iv) an amendment to the motion 

22 shall not be in order; and 

23 ‘‘(v) it shall not be in order to move 

24 to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

25 is agreed to or disagreed to. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—If the House of Rep2 resentatives proceeds to consideration of a covered 

3 bill— 

4 ‘‘(A) the covered bill shall be considered as 

5 read; 

6 ‘‘(B) all points of order against the covered 

7 bill and against its consideration are waived; 

8 ‘‘(C) the previous question shall be consid9 ered as ordered on the covered bill to its pas10 sage without intervening motion except 4 hours 

11 of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

12 proponent and an opponent; 

13 ‘‘(D) a motion further to limit debate is in 

14 order and shall not be debatable; 

15 ‘‘(E) no amendment to the covered bill 

16 shall be in order; and 

17 ‘‘(F) it shall not be in order to move to re18 commit the covered bill or to move to reconsider 

19 the vote by which the covered bill is agreed to 

20 or disagreed to. 

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

22 of a covered bill shall occur— 

23 ‘‘(A) immediately following the conclusion 

24 of the debate on the covered bill; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) not later than the tenth day of con2 tinuous session of the House of Representatives 

3 after the date on which the covered bill is intro4 duced. 

5 ‘‘(4) RULES.— 

6 ‘‘(A) APPEALS.—Appeals from decisions of 

7 the Chair relating to the application of the rules 

8 of the House of Representatives to the proce9 dure relating to a covered bill shall be decided 

10 without debate. 

11 ‘‘(B) OTHER RULES RELATING TO CONSID12 ERATION.—Except to the extent specifically 

13 provided in this subsection, consideration of a 

14 covered bill shall be governed by the Rules of 

15 the House of Representatives. 

16 ‘‘(f) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 

19 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 

20 in order at any time after each committee au21 thorized to consider a covered bill reports it to 

22 the Senate or has been discharged from its con23 sideration to move to proceed to the consider24 ation of the covered bill. 


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1 ‘‘(B) MOTION.—For a motion to proceed 

2 to a covered bill— 

3 ‘‘(i) all points of order against the 

4 covered bill (and against consideration of 

5 the covered bill) are waived; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the motion is not debatable; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the motion is not subject to a 

8 motion to postpone; 

9 ‘‘(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote 

10 by which the motion is agreed to or dis11 agreed to shall not be in order; 

12 ‘‘(v) an amendment to the motion 

13 shall not be in order; and 

14 ‘‘(vi) if the motion is agreed to, the 

15 covered bill shall remain the unfinished 

16 business until disposed of. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—If the Senate proceeds 

18 to consideration of a covered bill— 

19 ‘‘(A) consideration of the covered bill, and 

20 on all debatable motions and appeals in connec21 tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 

22 10 hours, which shall be divided equally be23 tween the majority and minority leaders or 

24 their designees; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a motion further to limit debate is in 

2 order and not debatable; 

3 ‘‘(C) an amendment to, a motion to post4 pone, or a motion to recommit the covered bill 

5 is not in order; 

6 ‘‘(D) a motion to proceed to the consider7 ation of other business is not in order; 

8 ‘‘(E) debate on any debatable motion or 

9 appeal in connection with a covered bill shall be 

10 limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally 

11 divided between, and controlled by, the mover 

12 and the manager of the covered bill, except that 

13 in the event the manager of the covered bill is 

14 in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time 

15 in opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the 

16 minority leader or a designee; and 

17 ‘‘(F) it shall not be in order to move to re18 consider the vote by which the covered bill is 

19 agreed to or disagreed to. 

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

21 of a covered bill shall occur— 

22 ‘‘(A) immediately following the conclusion 

23 of the debate on the covered bill, and a single 

24 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 


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1 requested in accordance with the rules of the 

2 Senate; and 

3 ‘‘(B) not later than the tenth day of con4 tinuous session of the Senate after the date on 

5 which the covered bill is introduced. 

6 ‘‘(4) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE7 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re8 lating to the application of the rules of the Senate 

9 to the procedure relating to a covered bill shall be 

10 decided without debate. 

11 ‘‘(g) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF

12 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

14 HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of a 

15 covered bill of that House, that House receives from 

16 the other House a covered bill— 

17 ‘‘(A) the covered bill of the other House 

18 shall not be referred to a committee; and 

19 ‘‘(B) with respect to the covered bill of the 

20 House receiving the resolution— 

21 ‘‘(i) the procedure in that House shall 

22 be the same as if no covered bill had been 

23 received from the other House; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the vote on passage shall be on 

25 the covered bill of the other House. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ENGROSSING.—If a covered bill is agreed 

2 to by the Senate or the House of Representatives, 

3 the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the 

4 House of Representatives, respectively, shall cause 

5 the covered bill to be engrossed, certified, and trans6 mitted to the other House of Congress on the same 

7 calendar day on which the covered bill is agreed to. 

8 ‘‘(h) SUSPENSION OF PROCEDURES.—In the Senate 

9 and the House of Representatives— 

10 ‘‘(1) a motion to suspend the application of this 

11 section shall not be in order; and 

12 ‘‘(2) it shall not be in order to suspend the ap13 plication of this section by unanimous consent.’’. 

14 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 

15 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 101’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’. 

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682) is 

22 amended— 

23 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (5)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘1017’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in4 serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’. 

5 (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) 

6 (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place 

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 

9 1014’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (b)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

12 (1), by striking ‘‘1012 and 1013’’ and in13 serting ‘‘1012, 1013, and 1014’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 

15 ‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’; 

16 and 

17 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

18 ‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

19 (C) in subsection (e)(1)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

23 (B) as subparagraph (C); 


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1 (iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so redes2 ignated), by striking ‘‘1013’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘1014’’; and 

4 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (A) the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message 

7 under section 1013 with respect to a Cuts, Con8 solidations, and Savings report; and’’. 

9 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 

10 for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec12 tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec13 tions 1014 through 1018; and 

14 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec15 tion 1012 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. TERMINATION. 

17 The authority provided by section 1013 of the Con18 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

19 (as added by section 2) shall terminate effective on the 

20 date of the sine die adjournment of Congress during 2018. 

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