(C) ANALYZE POTENTIAL COURSES OF AC-
TION.—The Task Force shall analyze potential 
courses of action to address factors that affect 
the long-term fiscal imbalance of the Highway 
Trust Fund. 
(D) PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS
AND 
LEGISLATIVE
LANGUAGE.—The Task Force 
shall provide recommendations and legislative 
language that will balance the revenues and ex-
penditures of the Highway Trust Fund, 
which— 
(i) may include recommendations ad-
dressing— 
(I) user fees; 
(II) improper or unnecessary 
payments; 
(III) the reduction or elimination 
of payments for purposes that do not 
directly improve the condition or func-
tion of highway and transit systems; 
(IV) international tax reform and 
the use of revenues raised through the 
repatriation of earnings and profits 
held overseas; and 
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(V) any other proposal that will 
balance the revenues and expenditures 
of the Highway Trust Fund; and 
(ii) may not make recommendations 
modifying the Standing Rules of the House 
or Senate. 
(3) DUTIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 
address the Highway Trust Fund’s long-term 
fiscal imbalances, consistent with the purposes 
described in paragraph (2), and shall submit 
the report and recommendations required under 
subparagraph (B). 
(B) REPORT, 
RECOMMENDATIONS, 
AND 
LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2016, the Task Force shall vote 
on a report that contains— 
(I) a detailed statement of the 
findings, 
conclusions, 
and 
rec-
ommendations of the Task Force; 
(II) the assumptions, scenarios, 
and alternatives considered in reach-
ing such findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations; and 
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(III) proposed legislative lan-
guage to carry out such recommenda-
tions 
as 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(D). 
(ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT.—The re-
port of the Task Force submitted under 
clause (i) shall require the approval of not 
fewer than 12 of the 18 members of the 
Task Force. 
(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 
of the Task Force who gives notice of an 
intention to file supplemental, minority, or 
additional views at the time of final Task 
Force approval of the report under clause 
(ii), shall be entitled to not less than 3 cal-
endar days in which to file such views in 
writing with the staff director of the Task 
Force. Such views shall then be included in 
the Task Force report and printed in the 
same volume, or part thereof, and their in-
clusion shall be noted on the cover of the 
report. In the absence of timely notice, the 
Task Force report may be printed and 
transmitted 
immediately 
without 
such 
views. 
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(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT.—No 
later than 6 days following the vote on the 
Task Force’s report, the Task Force shall 
submit the Task Force bill and final report 
to the President, the Vice President, the 
Speaker of the House, and the majority 
and minority leaders of both Houses. 
(v) REPORT TO BE MADE PUBLIC.— 
Upon the approval or disapproval of the 
Task Force report pursuant to clause (ii), 
the Task Force shall promptly make the 
full report, and a record of the vote, avail-
able to the public. 
(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 
be composed of 18 members designated pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B). 
(B) DESIGNATION.—Members of the Task 
Force shall be designated as follows: 
(i) The President shall designate 2 
members, one of whom shall be the Sec-
retary of Transportation, and the other of 
whom shall be an officer of the executive 
branch. 
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