(c) INVENTORY CONTENT.—The program inventory 
shall set forth for each program each of the following mat-
ters: 
(1) The specific provision or provisions of law 
authorizing the program. 
(2) The committees of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives which have legislative or 
oversight jurisdiction over the program. 
(3) A brief statement of the purpose or pur-
poses to be achieved by the program. 
(4) The committees which have jurisdiction over 
legislation providing new budget authority for the 
program, including the appropriate subcommittees of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives. 
(5) The agency and, if applicable, the subdivi-
sion thereof responsible for administering the pro-
gram. 
(6) The grants-in-aid, if any, provided by such 
program to State and local governments. 
(7) The next reauthorization date for the pro-
gram. 
(8) A unique identification number which links 
the program and functional category structure. 
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(9) The year in which the program was origi-
nally established and, where applicable, the year in 
which the program expires. 
(10) Where applicable, the year in which new 
budget authority for the program was last author-
ized and the year in which current authorizations of 
new budget authority expire. 
(11) Any other information the Commission de-
termines to be necessary. 
(d) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The report also shall set 
forth for each program whether the new budget authority 
provided for such program is— 
(1) authorized for a definite period of time; 
(2) authorized in a specific dollar amount but 
without limit of time; 
(3) authorized without limit of time or dollar 
amounts; 
(4) not specifically authorized; or 
(5) permanently provided, as determined by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 
(e) CBO INFORMATION.—For each program or group 
of programs, the program inventory also shall include in-
formation prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office indicating each of the following matters: 
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(1) The amounts of new budget authority au-
thorized and provided for the program for each of 
the preceding four fiscal years and, where applicable, 
the four succeeding fiscal years. 
(2) The functional and subfunctional category 
in which the program is presently classified and was 
classified under the fiscal year 2020 budget. 
(3) The identification code and title of the ap-
propriation account in which budget authority is 
provided for the program. 
(f) MUTUAL EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION.—The 
General Accountability Office, the Congressional Research 
Service, and the Congressional Budget Office shall permit 
the mutual exchange of available information in their pos-
session which would aid in the compilation of the program 
inventory. 
(g) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH.—The Of-
fice of Management and Budget and the agencies (and the 
subdivisions thereof) shall, to the extent necessary and 
possible, provide the General Accountability Office with 
assistance requested by the Comptroller General in the 
compilation of the program inventory. Such communica-
tions shall be treated as confidential until a report is 
issued under section 4(b). 
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SEC. 9. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION FOR SCHEDULE FOR 
REVIEW. 
(a) INTRODUCTION
AND COMMITTEE CONSIDER-
ATION.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution shall be 
introduced in the Senate by the majority leader, or 
the majority leader’s designee, and in the House of 
Representatives, by the Speaker, or the Speaker’s 
designee not later than 60 days after the date on 
which the proposed legislation is submitted to Con-
gress. Upon such introduction, the Commission 
schedule for review bill shall be referred to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress under paragraph 
(2). If the joint resolution is not introduced in ac-
cordance with the preceding sentence, then any 
member of Congress may introduce such legislation 
in their respective House of Congress beginning on 
the date that is the 5th calendar day that such 
House is in session following the date of the submis-
sion of such aggregate legislative language provi-
sions. 
(2) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) REFERRAL.—The joint resolution in-
troduced under paragraph (1) shall be referred 
to any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. A 
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committee to which the joint resolution is re-
ferred under this paragraph may review and 
comment on such legislation, may report such 
legislation to the respective House, and may not 
amend such legislation. 
(B) REPORTING.—Not later than 30 cal-
endar days after the introduction of the joint 
resolution, each Committee of Congress to 
which the joint resolution was referred shall re-
port the legislation. 
(C) DISCHARGE
OF
COMMITTEE.—If a 
committee to which a joint resolution is referred 
has not reported such legislation at the end of 
30 calendar days after its introduction or at the 
end of the first day after there has been re-
ported to the House a joint resolution involved 
a joint resolution, whichever is earlier, such 
committee shall be deemed to be discharged 
from further consideration of such legislation 
and such legislation shall be placed on the ap-
propriate calendar of the House involved. 
(b) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 cal-
endar days after the date on which a committee 
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has reported a joint resolution or has been dis-
charged from consideration of a joint resolution, 
the majority leader of the Senate, or the major-
ity leader’s designee, or the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, or the Speaker’s des-
ignee, shall move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the joint resolution. It shall also be in 
order for any Member of the Senate or the 
House of Representatives, respectively, to move 
to proceed to the consideration of the joint reso-
lution at any time after the conclusion of such 
5-day period. 
(B) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion to 
proceed to the consideration of a joint resolu-
tion is highly privileged in the House of Rep-
resentatives and is privileged in the Senate and 
is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 
amendment or to a motion to postpone consid-
eration of the joint resolution. If the motion to 
proceed is agreed to, the Senate or the House 
of Representatives, as the case may be, shall 
immediately proceed to consideration of the 
joint resolution without intervening motion, 
order, or other business, and the joint resolu-
tion shall remain the unfinished business of the 
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Senate or the House of Representatives, as the 
case may be, until disposed of. 
(C) LIMITED
DEBATE.—Debate on the 
joint resolution and on all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith shall be 
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall 
be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the joint resolution. A motion 
further to limit debate on the joint resolution is 
in order and is not debatable. All time used for 
consideration of the joint resolution, including 
time used for quorum calls (except quorum calls 
immediately preceding a vote) and voting, shall 
come from the 10 hours of debate. 
(D) AMENDMENTS.—No amendment to the 
joint resolution shall be in order in the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
(E) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Imme-
diately following the conclusion of the debate on 
the joint resolution, the vote on final passage of 
the joint resolution shall occur. 
(F) OTHER MOTIONS NOT IN ORDER.—A 
motion to postpone consideration of the joint 
resolution, a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of other business, or a motion to recom-
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(c) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and is deemed to be part of the rules of 
each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-
spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 
in the case of the joint resolution, 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 
they relate 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. 
(d) FALLBACK PROVISION.—If the Senate and the 
House of Representatives fail to act within one year from 
the date of introduction, the joint resolution takes effect. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term Executive agency in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, except that such 
term includes an advisory committee. 
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(2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘‘calendar day’’ 
means a calendar day other than one on which ei-
ther House is not in session because of an adjourn-
ment of more than 3 days to a date certain. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Agency Sunset Commission es-
tablished under section 3. 
(4) SUPER-MAJORITY.—The term ‘‘super-major-
ity’’ means an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
(5) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘advi-
sory committee’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 1001 of title 5, United States Code. 
(6) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint reso-
lution’’ means a joint resolution consisting of the 
proposed legislative language submitted by the Com-
mission under section 4(a)(3) and introduced or re-
introduced under section 7(a). 
Æ 
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