(B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 
members of the Commission. 
(d) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
(e) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The chairman of the Commission may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
SEC. 8. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the report under 
section 4(a). 
SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS 
TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN AGENCIES AND PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘joint 
resolution’’ means only a joint resolution— 
(1) which does not have a preamble; 
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(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress hereby dis-
approves the recommendations submitted to Con-
gress by the Federal Agency Program Realignment 
and Closure Commission pursuant to section 9 of 
the Federal Agency Program Realignment and Clo-
sure Act.’’; and 
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the Fed-
eral Agency Program Realignment and Closure 
Commission’’. 
(b) INTRODUCTION; REFERRAL; AND REPORT
OR 
DISCHARGE.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—On the first calendar day 
on which both Houses are in session, on or imme-
diately following the date on which a report is sub-
mitted to Congress under section 4(a), a joint reso-
lution shall be introduced (by request)— 
(A) in the Senate by the majority leader of 
the Senate, for himself and the minority leader 
of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate 
designated by the majority leader and minority 
leader of the Senate; and 
(B) in the House of Representatives by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, for 
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himself and the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives, or by Members of the House of 
Representatives designated by the Speaker and 
minority leader of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) REFERRAL.—A joint resolution that is in-
troduced in the House of Representatives shall be 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform. A joint resolution that is introduced 
in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs. The committee to which such 
joint resolution is referred may only either rec-
ommend passage or recommend against passage 
when reporting such joint resolution. 
(3) REPORT OR DISCHARGE.—If a committee to 
which a joint resolution is referred has not reported 
such resolution by the end of the 15th calendar day 
after the date of the introduction of such joint reso-
lution, such committee shall be immediately dis-
charged from further consideration of such joint res-
olution, and upon being reported or discharged from 
the committee, such joint resolution shall be placed 
on the appropriate calendar. 
(c) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—When the committee to 
which a joint resolution is referred has reported, or 
has been discharged under subsection (b)(3), it is at 
any time thereafter 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 pro-
ceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution (and 
against consideration of the joint resolution) 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 subject to 
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness. 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 joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 
shall remain the unfinished business of the respec-
tive House until disposed of. 
(2) AMENDMENTS.—A joint resolution may not 
be amended in the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(3) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolution, 
and on all debatable motions and appeals in connec-
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tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 
hours, which shall be divided equally between those 
favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion 
further to limit debate is in order and not debatable. 
An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is 
not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
to is not in order. 
(4) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately 
following the conclusion of the debate on a joint res-
olution, 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 joint resolution shall occur. 
(5) 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 a joint resolution shall be de-
cided without debate. 
(d) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.—If, before the passage by 1 House of a joint res-
olution of that House, that House receives from the other 
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House a joint resolution, then the following procedures 
shall apply: 
(1) NONREFERRAL.—The joint resolution of the 
other House shall not be referred to a committee. 
(2) VOTE ON BILL OF OTHER HOUSE.—With 
respect to a joint resolution of the House receiving 
the joint resolution— 
(A) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no joint resolution had been re-
ceived from the other House; but 
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the joint resolution of the other House. 
(e) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Con-
gress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it 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 a joint resolution described in 
subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to 
the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
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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. 
Æ 
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