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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4433
To establish a commission to make recommendations for the disposal of
Federal Government property, the closure and consolidation of offices
of Federal agencies, the procurement of Federal agency functions, the
repeal of provisions of Federal statutes, and the termination of Federal
regulations, and to provide a procedure for the expedited implementation
of these recommendations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 1994
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BUNNING,
Mr. CANADY, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. COX, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr.
DORNAN, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GOODLATTE,
Mr. GORDON, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. KASICH, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LEVY,
Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. OXLEY, Mr.
PORTMAN, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr. TORKILDSEN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Gov-
ernment Operations, Rules, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Energy
and Commerce
A BILL
To establish a commission to make recommendations for
the disposal of Federal Government property, the closure
and consolidation of offices of Federal agencies, the pro-
curement of Federal agency functions, the repeal of pro-
visions of Federal statutes, and the termination of Fed-
eral regulations, and to provide a procedure for the expe-
dited implementation of these recommendations.
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 ‘‘Reinventing Govern-
ment Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. REINVENTING GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-
pendent commission to be known as the ‘‘Reinventing Gov-
ernment Commission’’.
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall carry out the
duties specified for it in this Act.
(c) APPOINTMENT.—(1) The Commission shall be
composed of eight members appointed by the President,
by and with the advise and consent of the Senate. The
President shall transmit to the Senate the nominations for
appointment to the Commission not later than 15 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) In selecting individuals for nominations for ap-
pointments to the Commission, the President shall consult
with—
(A) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives concerning the appointment of two members;
(B) the majority leader of the Senate concern-
ing the appointment of 2 members;
(C) the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives concerning the appointment of one
member; and
(D) the minority leader of the Senate concern-
ing the appointment of one member.
(3) At the time the President nominates individuals
for appointment to the Commission, the President shall
designate one such individual who shall serve as Chairman
of the Commission.
(d) TERMS.—(1) Each member of the Commission
shall serve until the termination of the Commission under
subsection (l).
(2) The Chairman of the Commission shall serve until
the confirmation of a successor.
(e) MEETINGS.—(1) The Commission shall meet at
the call of the Chairman or a majority of its members.
(2) Each meeting of the Commission, other than
meetings in which classified information is to be discussed,
shall be open to the public.
(3) All proceedings, information, and deliberations of
the Commission shall be open, upon request, to the Chair-
man and the ranking minority party member of each con-
gressional budget committee.
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(i) STAFF.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3),
the Director, with the approval of the Commission, may
appoint and fix the pay of additional personnel.
(2) The Director may make such appointments with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
governing appointments in the competitive service, and
any personnel so appointed may be paid without regard
to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of that title relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed
may not receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic
pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Not more than one-half of the professional ana-
lysts employed by or detailed to the Commission may be
on detail from Federal agencies.
(4) Upon request of the Director, the head of any
Federal department or agency may detail any of the per-
sonnel of that department or agency to the Commission
to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under
this Act.
(5) The Comptroller General of the United States
shall provide assistance, including the detailing of employ-
ees, to the Commission in accordance with an agreement
entered into with the Commission.
(j) OTHER AUTHORITY.—(1) The Commission may
procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, the
temporary or intermittent services of experts or consult-
ants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code.
(2) The Commission may lease space and acquire per-
sonal property to the extent funds are available. To the
extent practicable, the Commission shall use suitable real
property available under the most recent inventory of real
property assets published by the Resolution Trust Cor-
poration under section 21A(b)(11)(F) of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(b)(12)(F)).
(k) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission such funds as are necessary
to carry out its duties under this Act. Such funds shall
remain available until expended.
(l) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
September 30, 1999.
SEC. 3. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) SELECTION CRITERIA.—(1) Not later than 60
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish in
the Federal Register and transmit to the congressional
budget committees the criteria proposed to be used by the
Director in making recommendations under this Act. The
Director shall provide an opportunity for public comment
on the proposed criteria for a period of at least 30 days
and shall include notice of that opportunity in the publica-
tion required under this paragraph.
(2)(A) Not later than 120 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register and transmit to the congressional budget
committees the final criteria to be used in making rec-
ommendations under this Act. Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), such criteria shall be the final criteria to
be used in making such recommendations, unless dis-
approved by a joint resolution of the Congress enacted be-
fore the date that is 150 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(B) The Director may amend such criteria, but such
amendments may not become effective unless they have
been published in the Federal Register, opened to public
comment for at least 150 days, and then transmitted to
the congressional budget committees in final form by no
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act. Such amended criteria shall be the final criteria to
be used in making recommendations unless disapproved
by a joint resolution of the Congress enacted on or before
the date that is 200 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(b) DIRECTOR’S RECOMMENDATIONS.—(1) Not later
than March 15, 1995, 1997, and 1999, the Director shall
publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the con-
gressional budget committees and to the Commission a list
of recommendations based on the final criteria referred to
in subsection (a), for—
(A) the disposal of Federal Government prop-
erty;
(B) the closure and consolidation of offices of
Federal agencies;
(C) the procurement of functions currently per-
formed by Federal agencies from the private sector
and State and local governments;
(D) the repeal of provisions of Federal statutes;
and
(E) the termination of effectiveness of Federal
regulations.
(2) The Director shall include, with the list of rec-
ommendations published and transmitted pursuant to
paragraph (1), a summary of the selection process that
resulted in each recommendation, including a justification
for each recommendation.
(3) In considering property for disposal, offices for
closure or consolidation, functions for procurement from
the private sector, statutes for repeal, and regulations for
termination, the Director shall consider all such disposals,
all such offices, all such statutes, and all such regulations,
respectively, equally without regard to whether the dis-
posal, closure, consolidation, procurement, repeal, or ter-
mination has been previously considered or proposed for
by the Director.
(4) The Director shall make all information used by
the Director in preparing recommendations under this
subsection available to the Congress (including any com-
mittee or Member of the Congress), the Commission, and
the Comptroller General of the United States.
(5)(A) Each person referred to in subparagraph (B),
when submitting information to the Director or the Com-
mission for use under this Act, shall certify that such in-
formation is accurate and complete to the best of that per-
son’s knowledge and belief.
(B) Subparagraph (A) applies to the following per-
sons:
(i) The head of an executive department.
(ii) Each person who is in a position the duties
of which include personal and substantial involve-
ment in the preparation and submission of informa-
tion and recommendations for purposes of this Act,
as specified in regulations.
(6) In the case of any information provided to the
Commission by a person described in paragraph (5)(B),
the Commission shall submit that information to the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives to be made available
to the Members of the House concerned in accordance
with the rules of that House. The information shall be
submitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives
within 24 hours after the submission of the information
to the Commission. The Director shall prescribe regula-
tions to ensure the compliance of the Commission with this
paragraph.
(c) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE COM-
MISSION.—(1) After receiving the recommendations from
the Director pursuant to subsection (b), the Commission
shall conduct public hearings on the recommendations.
(2) The Commission shall, by not later than June 1
of 1995, 1997, and 1999, transmit to the President and
the congressional budget committees a report contain-
ing—
(A) the Commission’s findings and conclusions
based on a review and analysis of the recommenda-
tions made by the Director; and
(B) the Commission’s recommendations for—
(i) the disposal of Federal Government
property;
(ii) the closure and consolidation of offices
of Federal agencies;
(iii) the procurement from the private sec-
tor of functions currently performed by Federal
agencies;
(iv) the repeal of provisions of Federal
statutes; and
(v) the termination of effectiveness of Fed-
eral regulations.
(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in making its
recommendations, the Commission may make changes in
any of the recommendations made by the Director if—
(i) the Commission determines that the Direc-
tor deviated substantially from the final criteria re-
ferred to in subsection (a) in making recommenda-
tions;
(ii) the change is consistent with the final cri-
teria referred to in subsection (a);
(iii) the Commission publishes a notice of the
proposed change in the Federal Register not less
than 30 days before transmitting its recommenda-
tions to the Director pursuant to subparagraph (A);
and
(iv) the Commission conducts public hearings
on the proposed change.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to a change by the
Commission in the Director’s recommendations that
would—
(i) add an office to the offices of Federal agen-
cies recommended by the Director for closure or con-
solidation;
(ii) increase the extent of the consolidation of
offices of a Federal agency recommended by the Di-
rector;
(iii) increase the scope of Federal Government
property disposals recommended by the Director;
(iv) increase the scope of procurement of func-
tions currently performed by Federal agencies rec-
ommended by the Director;
(v) add a provision of Federal statute to the
provisions of Federal statutes recommended by the
Director for repeal; or
(vi) add a Federal regulation to the Federal
regulations recommended by the Director for termi-
nation.
(4) The Commission shall explain and justify in the
report under paragraph (2) any recommendation made by
the Commission that is different from the recommenda-
tions made by the Director.
(5) After transmitting the report, the Commission
shall promptly provide, upon request, to any Member of
Congress information used by the Commission in making
its recommendations.
(d) ASSISTANCE FROM COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—
The Comptroller General of the United States shall—
(1) assist the Commission, to the extent re-
quested, in the Commission’s review and analysis of
the recommendations made by the Director pursuant
to subsection (b); and
(2) not later than 30 days after the date the
Commission transmits its report under subsection
(c), transmit to the congressional budget committees
and to the Commission a report containing a de-
tailed analysis of the Director’s recommendations
and selection process.
(e) REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT.—(1) Not later than
30 days after receiving the report of the Commission
under subsection (c), the President shall transmit to the
Commission and to the congressional budget committees
a report containing the President’s approval or dis-
approval of the Commission’s recommendations.
(2) If the President approves all of the recommenda-
tions of the Commission, the President shall transmit a
copy of such recommendations to the congressional budget
committees together with a certification of such approval.
(3) If the President disapproves the recommendations
of the Commission, in whole or in part, the President shall
transmit to the Commission and the congressional budget
committees notice of and the reasons for that disapproval.
The Commission shall then transmit to the President, not
later than 30 days after receiving the notice of dis-
approval, a revised list of recommendations.
(4) If the President approves all of the revised rec-
ommendations of the Commission transmitted to the
President under paragraph (3), the President shall trans-
mit a copy of such revised recommendations to the con-
gressional budget committees, together with a certification
of such approval.
(5) If the President does not transmit to the congres-
sional budget committees an approval and certification de-
scribed in paragraph (2) or (4) within 30 days after receiv-
ing the report of the Commission under subsection (c),
the process by which Federal Government property may
be disposed of, offices of Federal agencies may be closed
or consolidated, functions may be procured from the pri-
vate sector, provisions of Federal statutes may be re-
pealed, and effectiveness of Federal regulations may be
terminated under this Act shall be terminated.
(f) MINIMUM BUDGETARY SAVINGS.—In preparing
their recommendations under this section, the Director
and the Commission shall seek to make recommendations
that, if fully implemented, would achieve at least—
(1) $50,000,000,000 in increased receipts; and
(2) $25,000,000,000 in reduced outlays.
SEC. 4. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY, CLOSURE AND CONSOLI-
DATION 
OF 
OFFICES, 
PROCUREMENT 
OF
FUNCTIONS, REPEAL OF STATUTES, AND TER-
MINATION OF REGULATIONS.
(a) DISPOSALS
OF PROPERTY.—Subject to sub-
section (f)—
(1) Federal Government property that is rec-
ommended for disposal in the report transmitted to
the congressional budget committees by the Presi-
dent pursuant to section 3(e) is deemed to be sur-
plus property for purposes of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and
(2) the Administrator of General Services shall
dispose of all such property in accordance with that
Act by not later than 1 year after the end of the pe-
riod described in subsection (f)(1)(A).
(b) CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATIONS.—Subject to
subsection (f), the Director shall—
(1) close all offices of Federal agencies rec-
ommended for closure in the report transmitted to
the congressional budget committees by the Presi-
dent pursuant to section 3(e);
(2) consolidate all such offices recommended for
consolidation in that report;
(3) initiate all such closures and consolidations
no later than 1 year after the date on which the
President transmits a report pursuant to section
3(e) containing the recommendations for such clo-
sures or consolidations; and
(4) complete the closures and consolidations not
later than the end of the 6-year period beginning on
the date on which the President transmits that re-
port.
(c) PROCUREMENT OF FUNCTIONS.—Subject to sub-
section (f), the head of a Federal agency that performs
a function that, in the report transmitted to the congres-
sional budget committees by the President pursuant to
section 3(e), is recommended for procurement from the
private sector shall award a contract for that procurement
by not later than 1 year after the date on which the Presi-
dent transmits a report pursuant to section 3(e) contain-
ing the recommendation.
(d) REPEAL OF STATUTES.—Subject to subsection
(f), a provision of Federal statute that is recommended
be repealed in the report transmitted to the congressional
budget committees by the President pursuant to section
3(e) is deemed to be repealed on the day after the last
date on which a joint resolution disapproving the rec-
ommendation may be enacted in accordance with sub-
section (f).
(e) TERMINATION
OF REGULATIONS.—Subject to
subsection (f), a Federal regulation the effectiveness of
which is recommended be terminated in the report trans-
mitted to the congressional budget committees by the
President pursuant to section 3(e) shall not be effective
after the last date on which a joint resolution disapproving
the recommendation may be enacted in accordance with
subsection (f).
(f) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.—(1) The Admin-
istrator of General Services may not carry out any dis-
posal of Federal Government property recommended in
the report transmitted by the President pursuant to sec-
tion 3(e), the Director may not carry out any closure or
consolidation of an office recommended in that report, the
head of a Federal agency may not award a contract for
a procurement recommended in that report, a provision
of Federal statute shall not be repealed under subsection
(d), and the effectiveness of a Federal regulation shall not
be terminated under subsection (e), if a joint resolution
is enacted, in accordance with the provisions of section 9,
disapproving the recommendation before the earlier of—
(A) the end of the 30-day period beginning on
the date on which the President transmits the re-
port; or
(B) an adjournment of Congress sine die for
the session in which the report is transmitted.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection
and subsections (a) and (c) of section 9, the days on which
either House of Congress is not in session because of an
adjournment of more than three days to a day certain
shall be excluded in the computation of a period.
(g) PRIORITY FOR CLOSING OFFICES IN FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.—In closing offices of Federal agencies under
this section, the Director shall to the extent possible give
priority to closing offices located in foreign countries.
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In closing or consolidating any of-
fice of a Federal agency under this Act, the Director
may—
(1) take such actions as may be necessary to
close or consolidate the office, including the acquisi-
tion of such land, the construction of such replace-
ment facilities, the performance of such activities,
and the conduct of such advance planning and de-
sign as may be required to transfer functions from
an office being closed or consolidated to another of-
fice, and may use for such purpose funds in the Ac-
count or funds appropriated to that Federal agency
for use in planning and design, minor construction,
or operation and maintenance; and
(2) reimburse other Federal agencies for ac-
tions performed at the request of the Director with
respect to any such closure or consolidation, and
may use for such purpose funds in the Account or
funds appropriated to the Federal agency in which
the closed or consolidated office is located and avail-
able for such purpose.
(b) MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.—
(1) The Director, with respect to excess and surplus real
property and facilities located at an office closed or con-
solidated under this Act, may exercise—
(A) the authority of the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to utilize excess property under section
202 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 483);
(B) the authority of the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to dispose of surplus property under
section 203 of that Act (40 U.S.C. 484);
(C) the authority of the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to grant approvals and make deter-
minations under section 13(g) of the Surplus Prop-
erty Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)); and
(D) the authority of the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to determine the availability of excess
or surplus real property for wildlife conservation
purposes in accordance with the Act of May 19,
1948 (16 U.S.C. 667b).
(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (C) and paragraphs
(3), (4), (5), and (6), the Director shall exercise the au-
thority of the Director under paragraph (1) in accordance
with—
(i) all regulations in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act (other than regulations the ef-
fectiveness of which is terminated under this Act)
governing the utilization of excess property and the
disposal of surplus property under the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and
(ii) all regulations in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act (other than regulations the ef-
fectiveness of which is terminated under this Act)
governing the conveyance and disposal of property
under section 13(g) of the Surplus Property Act of
1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)).
(B) The Director, after consulting with the Adminis-
trator of General Services, may issue regulations that are
necessary to carry out the delegation of authority required
by paragraph (1).
(C) The authority of the Director under paragraph
(1) shall not include the authority to prescribe general
policies and methods for utilizing excess property and dis-
posing of surplus property.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ACT OF 1969.—(1) The provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) shall not apply to the actions of the President, the
Commission, and, except as provided in paragraph (2),
any Federal official in carrying out this Act.
(2)(A) The provisions of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 shall apply to actions of a Federal offi-
cial under this Act (i) during the process of property dis-
posal, and (ii) during the process of relocating functions
from an office being closed or consolidated to another of-
fice after the receiving office has been selected but before
the functions are relocated.
(B) In applying the provisions of the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 to the processes referred
to in subparagraph (A), a Federal official shall not have
to consider—
(i) the need for closing or consolidating the of-
fice which has been recommended for closure or con-
solidation by the Commission;
(ii) the need for transferring functions to any
office which has been selected as the receiving office;
or
(iii) offices alternative to those recommended or
selected.
(3) A civil action for judicial review, with respect to
any requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 to the extent such Act is applicable under para-
graph (2), of any act or failure to act by a Federal official
during the closing, consolidating, or relocating of functions
referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2)(A), may
not be brought more than 60 days after the date of such
act or failure to act.
(d) WAIVERS.—The Director may close or consolidate
offices under this Act without regard to—
(1) any provision of law restricting the use of
funds for closing or consolidating offices included in
any appropriations or authorization Act; and
(2) sections 2662 and 2687 of title 10, United
States Code.
(e) APPLICABILITY OF CERCLA.—Section 120 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620) shall
not apply with respect to any surplus property that is dis-
posed of pursuant to a closure or consolidation of an office
under this Act by conveyance to a person that is not a
Federal department, agency, or instrumentality, if—
(1) the transfer of property is contingent on
cleanup;
(2) there is a contractual commitment by the
purchaser to do the cleanup;
(3) the cleanup is in conformance with the na-
tional contingency plan; and
(4) the cleanup substantially meets the stand-
ards of section 121 of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9621) to the satisfaction of the
Environmental Protection Agency if the property is
part of a parcel listed on the national priorities list,
and of the State.
SEC. 6. ACCOUNT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) There is hereby established on
the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the
‘‘Reinventing Government Account 1994’’ which shall be
administered by the Director as a single account.
(2) There shall be deposited into the Account—
(A) funds authorized for and appropriated to
the Account;
(B) any funds that the Director may, subject to
approval in an appropriation Act, transfer to the Ac-
count from funds appropriated for any purpose, ex-
cept that such funds may be transferred only after
the date on which the Director transmits written no-
tice of, and justification for, such transfer to the
congressional budget committees; and
(C) except as provided in subsection (d), pro-
ceeds received from the transfer or disposal of any
property at an office closed or consolidated under
this Act.
(b) USE
OF FUNDS.—The Director may use the
funds in the Account only for the purposes described in
section 5.
(c) REPORTS.—(1)(A) No later than 60 days after
the end of each fiscal year in which the Director carries
out activities under this Act, the Director shall transmit
a report to the congressional budget committees of the
amount and nature of the deposits into, and the expendi-
tures from, the Account during such fiscal year and of
the amount and nature of other expenditures made pursu-
ant to section 2905(a) during such fiscal year.
(B) The report for a fiscal year shall include the fol-
lowing:
(i) The obligations and expenditures from the
Account during the fiscal year, identified by sub-
account, for each executive department.
(ii) The fiscal year in which appropriations for
such expenditures were made and the fiscal year in
which funds were obligated for such expenditures.
(2) Unobligated funds which remain in the Account
after the termination of the authority of the Director to
carry out a closure or consolidation under this Act shall
be held in the Account until transferred by law after the
congressional budget committees receive the report trans-
mitted under paragraph (3).
(3) No later than 60 days after the termination of
the authority of the Director to carry out a closure or con-
solidation under this Act, the Director shall transmit to
the congressional budget committees a report containing
an accounting of—
(A) all the funds deposited into and expended
from the Account or otherwise expended under this
Act; and
(B) any amount remaining in the Account.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
As part of the budget request for fiscal year 1995
and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall
transmit to the congressional budget committees of Con-
gress—
(1) a schedule of the closure and consolidation
actions to be carried out under this Act in the fiscal
year for which the request is made and an estimate
of the total expenditures required and cost savings
to be achieved by each such closure and consolida-
tion and of the time period in which these savings
are to be achieved in each case; and
(2) a description of the offices, including those
under construction and those planned for construc-
tion, to which functions are to be transferred as a
result of such closures and consolidation.
SEC. 8. BUDGETARY TREATMENT.
(a) DIRECT SPENDING.—None of the changes in di-
rect spending (if any) resulting from this Act shall be re-
flected in estimates under section 252(d) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—Upon the enact-
ment of reductions in discretionary spending pursuant to
the Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall make downward adjustments in the discre-
tionary spending limits (new budget authority and out-
lays), as adjusted, set forth in 601(a)(2) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 for each applicable fiscal year
through 1998 by the aggregate amount of such reductions
in discretionary spending for that fiscal year.
(c) SECTION 601.—Section 601(a)(2) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘or
as adjusted pursuant to section 7(b) of the Reinventing
Government Act of 1994’’ before the period at the end.
(d) RECEIPTS.—All receipts resulting from this Act
shall be used solely to reduce the public debt.
SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION
REPORT.
(a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of
section 4(f), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint
resolution which is introduced within the 10-day period
beginning on the date on which the President transmits
the report to the Congress under section 3(e), and—
(1) which does not have a preamble;
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves the
recommendations of the Reinventing Government
Commission as submitted by the President on
llllllll’’, the blank space being filled in
with the appropriate date; and
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the Fed-
eral Privatization Commission.’’.
(b) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection
(a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives
shall be referred to the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives. A resolution described in sub-
section (a) introduced in the Senate shall be referred to
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
(c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re-
ported such resolution (or an identical resolution) by the
end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which
the President transmits the report to the Congress under
section 3(e), such committee shall be, at the end of such
period, discharged from further consideration of such reso-
lution, and such resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate calendar of the House involved.
(d) CONSIDERATION.—(1) On or after the third day
after the date on which the committee to which such a
resolution is referred has reported, or has been discharged
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of, such
a resolution, 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 consider-
ation of the resolution. A Member may make the motion
only on the day after the calendar day on which the Mem-
ber announces to the House concerned the Member’s in-
tention to make the motion, except that, in the case of
the House of Representatives, the motion may be made
without such prior announcement if the motion is made
by direction of the committee to which the resolution was
referred. All points of order against the resolution (and
against consideration of the 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 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 resolution is agreed to, the respective House shall
immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolu-
tion without intervening motion, order, or other business,
and the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of
the respective House until disposed of.
(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable
motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be lim-
ited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided
equally between those favoring and those opposing the res-
olution. An amendment to the resolution is not in order.
A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debat-
able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the
consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit
the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the
vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to
is not in order.
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the de-
bate on a resolution described in subsection (a) and a sin-
gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re-
quested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate
House, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall
occur.
(4) 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 resolution described in subsection (a) shall
be decided without debate.
(e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(1) If, be-
fore the passage by one House of a resolution of that
House described in subsection (a), that House receives
from the other House a resolution described in subsection
(a), then the following procedures shall apply:
(A) The resolution of the other House shall not
be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the House receiving it except in the case of
final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii).
(B) With respect to a resolution described in
subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolu-
tion—
(i) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no resolution had been received
from the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on
the resolution of the other House.
(2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from
the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider
the resolution that originated in the receiving House.
(f) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE.—This sec-
tion is enacted by Congress—
(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 resolution described in sub-
section (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
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.
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Account’’ means the Reinventing
Government Account of 1994 established by section
6(a)(1).
(2) 
The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means 
the
Reinventing Government Commission established by
section 2(a).
(3) The term ‘‘congressional budget commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on the Budget of each
of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(4) The term ‘‘consolidation’’ includes any ac-
tion which both reduces and relocates functions and
personnel positions.
(5) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget.
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