IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 307 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Committee 
on the Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2011 
Mr. BASS of New Hampshire submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
establish a Committee on the Reduction of Nonessential 
Federal Expenditures. 
Resolved, That (a) rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘Select Committee on the Reduction of Nonessential 
Federal Expenditures 
‘‘12.(a) There is established a Select Committee on 
the Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures 
(hereafter in this clause referred to as the ‘select com-
mittee’). The select committee shall be composed of two 
members from each standing committee of which one shall 
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be from the majority party and selected by the speaker 
and one shall be from the minority party and selected by 
the minority leader. The speaker shall designate one of 
its members as the chair and the minority leader shall des-
ignate one of its members as the vice chair. 
‘‘(b) There shall be referred to the select committee 
proposed legislation relating to the elimination or reduc-
tion of all nonessential expenditures of the Government. 
‘‘(c) The select committee shall make a full and com-
plete study and investigation of all expenditures of the 
Government on a continuing basis to ascertain all expendi-
tures of the Government deemed by the committee to be 
nonessential. 
‘‘(d)(1) It shall be in order, not later than 30 legisla-
tive days after the date on which a bill is reported by the 
select committee for the majority leader or the majority 
leader’s designee to move to proceed to the consideration 
of the bill. It shall also be in order for any Member to 
move to proceed to the consideration of the bill at any 
time after the conclusion of such 30-day period. All points 
of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion 
shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a 
motion to proceed on the bill. The previous question shall 
be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 
without intervening motion. The motion shall not be de-
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batable. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the mo-
tion is disposed of shall not be in order. 
‘‘(2) Any bill reported by the select committee shall 
be considered under rules established by the Committee 
on Rules, except that all points of order established in the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and related points of 
order, against the bill and against its consideration are 
waived. 
‘‘(3) Appeals from decisions of the chair relating to 
the application of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives to the procedure relating to a bill reported by the 
select committee shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(4) Except to the extent specifically provided in this 
clause, consideration of a bill reported by the select com-
mittee shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives. It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider any bill within the jurisdiction of 
the select committee introduced pursuant to the provisions 
of this clause under a suspension of the rules pursuant 
to clause 1 of rule XV or under a special rule reported 
by the Committee on Rules. 
‘‘(5) Immediately following the conclusion of consid-
eration of any bill reported by the select committee, the 
vote on passage of the bill shall occur without any inter-
vening action or motion. If any such bill is passed, the 
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Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause the bill 
to be transmitted to the Senate before the close of the 
next day of session of the House. The vote on passage 
shall occur not later than the last scheduled legislative day 
of a session. 
‘‘(e) There shall be paid out of the applicable ac-
counts of the House such sums as may be necessary for 
the expenses of the select committee. Such payments shall 
be made on vouchers signed by the chairman of the select 
committee and approved in the manner directed by the 
Committee on House Administration. Amounts made 
available under this paragraph shall be expended in ac-
cordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on 
House Administration. 
‘‘(f) In carrying out its functions under this clause, 
the select committee may— 
‘‘(1) appoint, either on a permanent basis or as 
experts or consultants, any staff that the select com-
mittee considers necessary; 
‘‘(2) prescribe the duties and responsibilities of 
the staff; 
‘‘(3) fix the compensation of the staff at per 
annum gross rates that do not exceed the highest 
rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of 
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level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of 
title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(4) terminate the employment of any such 
staff as the select committee considers appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(5) reimburse members of the select committee 
and its staff for travel, subsistence, and other nec-
essary expenses incurred by them in the performance 
of their functions for the select committee, other 
than expenses in connection with any meeting of the 
select committee held in the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(g) The select committee shall cease to exist upon 
the close of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by this resolution shall 
take effect immediately before noon, January 3, 2013. 
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