I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees the 
covered study and any supporting information used by the 
Defense Business Board to conduct such study. 
(b) PUBLIC RELEASE.—Pursuant to section 122a of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary shall ensure 
that the covered study is made publicly available. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered study’’ means the study 
conducted by the Defense Business Board titled 
‘‘Transforming Department of Defense’s Core Busi-
ness Processes for Revolutionary Change’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION TO 
IMPLEMENT STUDY. 
(a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘qualifying legislation’’ means a bill or 
joint resolution of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate— 
(1) that is introduced by the Chairman or rank-
ing member of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives, the Chairman or 
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ranking member of the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate, the Majority Leader of the House 
of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the 
House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of 
the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate; 
(2) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘To imple-
ment cost savings in the Department of Defense as 
identified by the Defense Business Board.’’; and 
(3) consists solely of the following provisions: 
(A) Provisions that allow for a short title, 
findings, or other text that does not affect the 
authority or responsibility of the President or a 
department or agency of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(B) Provisions that implement not less 
than 80 percent of the cost savings in the De-
partment of Defense as identified by the De-
fense Business Board in the study titled 
‘‘Transforming Department of Defense’s Core 
Business Processes for Revolutionary Change’’ 
and submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
2. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legisla-
tion that is introduced in the House of Representa-
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tives shall be referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives. Qualifying 
legislation introduced in the Senate shall be referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the com-
mittee to which qualifying legislation is referred has 
not reported the qualifying legislation within 10 ses-
sion days after the date of referral of the legislation, 
the committee shall be discharged from further con-
sideration of the legislation, and the qualifying legis-
lation shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of 
the House involved. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—On or after the third 
day after the date on which the committee to which 
qualifying legislation is referred has reported, or has 
been discharged under paragraph (2) from further 
consideration of, such legislation, it is in order (even 
though a previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
qualifying legislation. A Member may make the mo-
tion only on the day after the calendar day on which 
the Member announces to the House concerned the 
Member’s intention to make the motion, except that, 
in the case of the House of Representatives, the mo-
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tion may be made without such prior announcement 
if the motion is made by direction of the committee 
to which the qualifying legislation was referred. All 
points of order against the qualifying legislation 
(and against consideration of the qualifying legisla-
tion) are waived. The motion is highly privileged in 
the House of Representatives and is privileged in the 
Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not sub-
ject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or 
to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be 
in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the qualifying legislation is agreed to, the respec-
tive House shall immediately proceed to consider-
ation of the qualifying legislation without intervening 
motion, order, or other business, and the qualifying 
legislation shall remain the unfinished business of 
the respective House until disposed of. 
(4) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying legislation, 
and on all debatable motions and appeals in connec-
tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 
hours, which shall be divided equally between, and 
controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader or their designees. A motion to further limit 
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debate is in order and not debatable. The only 
amendments to the qualifying legislation that are in 
order are amendments that seek to ensure the quali-
fying legislation meets the criteria under subsection 
(a)(3). A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of other business, or a motion 
to recommit the qualifying legislation is not in order. 
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the quali-
fying legislation is agreed to or disagreed to is not 
in order. 
(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—Immediately following 
the conclusion of the debate on the qualifying legis-
lation and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance with the rules 
of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage 
of the qualifying legislation shall occur. 
(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate or the 
House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the 
procedure relating to qualifying legislation shall be 
decided without debate. 
(c) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before the passage by one 
House of qualifying legislation of that House, that 
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House receives from the other House qualifying leg-
islation, then the following procedures shall apply: 
(A) The qualifying legislation of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee and 
may not be considered in the House receiving it 
except in the case of final passage as provided 
in subparagraph (B)(ii). 
(B) With respect to any qualifying legisla-
tion of the House receiving the qualifying legis-
lation— 
(i) the procedure in that House shall 
be the same as if no qualifying legislation 
had been received from the other House; 
but 
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be 
on the qualifying legislation of the other 
House. 
(2) DISPOSITION.—Upon disposition of the 
qualifying legislation received from the other House, 
it shall no longer be in order to consider the quali-
fying legislation that originated in the receiving 
House. 
(d) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Congress— 
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(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of qualifying legislation described 
in subsection (a)(1), and supersedes other rules only 
to the extent that this section is inconsistent with 
such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
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