mittee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 
voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 
(D) VOTING.— 
(i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 
shall be allowed on behalf of any member 
of a Rescue Committee. 
(ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
ESTIMATES.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall, with respect to the legislative 
language of a Rescue Committee 
under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II), provide 
to the Rescue Committee— 
(aa) estimates of the legisla-
tive language in accordance with 
sections 308(a) and 201(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and 
601(f)); and 
(bb) 
information 
on 
the 
budgetary effect of the legislative 
language during the 75-year pe-
riod beginning on the date de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
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(II) 
LIMITATION.—A 
Rescue 
Committee may not vote on any 
version of the report, recommenda-
tions, or legislative language of the 
Rescue Committee under paragraph 
(3)(B)(i) unless the estimates and in-
formation described in subclause (I) 
of this clause are made available for 
consideration by all members of the 
Rescue Committee not later than 48 
hours before that vote, as certified by 
the co-chairs of the Rescue Com-
mittee. 
(E) MEETINGS.— 
(i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 
45 days after the date described in para-
graph (1), each Rescue Committee shall 
hold the first meeting of the Rescue Com-
mittee. 
(ii) AGENDA.—For each meeting of 
each Rescue Committee, the co-chairs of 
the Rescue Committee shall provide an 
agenda to the members of the Rescue 
Committee not later than 48 hours before 
the meeting. 
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(F) HEARINGS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Each Rescue Com-
mittee may, for the purpose of carrying 
out this section, hold such hearings, sit 
and act at such times and places, require 
attendance of witnesses and production of 
books, papers, and documents, take such 
testimony, receive such evidence, and ad-
minister such oaths as the Rescue Com-
mittee considers advisable. 
(ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE-
SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 
(I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The co- 
chairs of each Rescue Committee shall 
make a public announcement of the 
date, place, time, and subject matter 
of any hearing to be conducted under 
this subparagraph not later than 7 
days before the date of the hearing, 
unless the co-chairs determine that 
there is good cause to begin such 
hearing on an earlier date. 
(II) WRITTEN
STATEMENT.—A 
witness appearing before a Rescue 
Committee shall file a written state-
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ment of the proposed testimony of the 
witness not later than 2 days before 
the date of the appearance of the wit-
ness, unless the co-chairs of the Res-
cue Committee— 
(aa) determine that there is 
good cause for the witness to not 
file the written statement; and 
(bb) waive the requirement 
that the witness file the written 
statement. 
(G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ-
ten request of the co-chairs of a Rescue Com-
mittee, the head of a Federal agency shall pro-
vide technical assistance to the Rescue Com-
mittee in order for the Rescue Committee to 
carry out the duties of the Rescue Committee. 
(b) STAFF OF RESCUE COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of a Rescue 
Committee may jointly appoint and fix the com-
pensation of staff of the Rescue Committee as the 
co-chairs determine necessary, in accordance with 
the guidelines, rules, and requirements relating to 
employees of the Senate. 
(2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.— 
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(A) SENATE.—Members of the Senate who 
serve on a Rescue Committee and staff of the 
Rescue Committee shall adhere to the ethics 
rules of the Senate. 
(B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives who serve 
on a Rescue Committee shall be governed by 
the ethics rules and requirements of the House 
of Representatives. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Each Rescue Committee shall 
terminate on the day after the date of the sine die ad-
journment of the 117th Congress. 
SEC. 5. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF RESCUE COM-
MITTEE BILLS. 
(a) QUALIFYING
LEGISLATION.—Only a Rescue 
Committee bill shall be entitled to expedited consideration 
under this section. 
(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—If a Rescue Committee 
approves and submits legislative language under 
clauses 
(i) 
and 
(vi), 
respectively, 
of 
section 
4(a)(3)(B), a Rescue Committee bill consisting solely 
of that legislative language may be introduced in the 
House of Representatives (by request)— 
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(A) by the majority leader of the House of 
Representatives, or by a Member of the House 
of Representatives designated by the majority 
leader of the House of Representatives, on the 
next legislative day; or 
(B) if the Rescue Committee bill is not in-
troduced under subparagraph (A), by any Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives on any leg-
islative day beginning on the legislative day 
after the legislative day described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(2) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 
Rescue Committee bill is referred shall report the 
Rescue Committee bill to the House of Representa-
tives without amendment not later than 10 legisla-
tive days after the date on which the Rescue Com-
mittee bill was so referred. If a committee of the 
House of Representatives fails to report a Rescue 
Committee bill within that period, it shall be in 
order to move that the House of Representatives dis-
charge the committee from further consideration of 
the Rescue Committee bill. Such a motion shall not 
be in order after the last committee authorized to 
consider the Rescue Committee bill reports it to the 
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House of Representatives or after the House of Rep-
resentatives has disposed of a motion to discharge 
the Rescue Committee bill. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion except 20 min-
utes of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent. If such a motion is 
adopted, the House of Representatives shall proceed 
immediately to consider the Rescue Committee bill 
in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4). A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
disposed of shall not be in order. 
(3) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.—After 
the last committee authorized to consider a Rescue 
Committee bill reports it to the House of Represent-
atives or has been discharged (other than by motion) 
from its consideration, it shall be in order to move 
to proceed to consider the Rescue Committee bill in 
the House of Representatives. Such a motion shall 
not be in order after the House of Representatives 
has disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to 
the Rescue Committee bill. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. A motion to re-
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consider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order. 
(4) CONSIDERATION.—The Rescue Committee 
bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the Rescue Committee bill and against its 
consideration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the Rescue Com-
mittee bill to its passage without intervening motion 
except 2 hours of debate equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent and 1 mo-
tion to limit debate on the Rescue Committee bill. A 
motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the Res-
cue Committee bill shall not be in order. 
(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
of the Rescue Committee bill shall occur not later 
than 3 legislative days after the date on which the 
last committee authorized to consider the Rescue 
Committee bill reports it to the House of Represent-
atives or is discharged. 
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—If a Res-
cue Committee approves and submits legislative lan-
guage under clauses (i) and (vi), respectively, of sec-
tion 4(a)(3)(B), a Rescue Committee bill consisting 
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solely of that legislative language may be introduced 
in the Senate (by request)— 
(A) by the majority leader of the Senate, 
or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 
majority leader of the Senate, on the next day 
on which the Senate is in session; or 
(B) if the Rescue Committee bill is not in-
troduced under subparagraph (A), by any Mem-
ber of the Senate on any day on which the Sen-
ate is in session beginning on the day after the 
day described in subparagraph (A). 
(2) COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION.—A Rescue 
Committee bill introduced in the Senate under para-
graph (1) shall be jointly referred to the committee 
or committees of jurisdiction, which committees shall 
report the Rescue Committee bill without any revi-
sion and with a favorable recommendation, an unfa-
vorable recommendation, or without recommenda-
tion, not later than 10 session days after the date 
on which the Rescue Committee bill was so referred. 
If any committee to which a Rescue Committee bill 
is referred fails to report the Rescue Committee bill 
within that period, that committee shall be auto-
matically discharged from consideration of the Res-
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cue Committee bill, and the Rescue Committee bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(3) PROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, 
not later than 2 days of session after the date on 
which a Rescue Committee bill is reported or dis-
charged from all committees to which the Rescue 
Committee bill was referred, for the majority leader 
of the Senate or the designee of the majority leader 
to move to proceed to the consideration of the Res-
cue Committee bill. It shall also be in order for any 
Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the Rescue Committee bill at any 
time after the conclusion of such 2-day period. A 
motion to proceed is in order even though a previous 
motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. All 
points of order against the motion to proceed to the 
Rescue Committee bill are waived. The motion to 
proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject 
to a motion to postpone. 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 Rescue Committee bill is 
agreed to, the Rescue Committee bill shall remain 
the unfinished business until disposed of. All points 
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of order against a Rescue Committee bill and 
against consideration of the Rescue Committee bill 
are waived. 
(4) NO
AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to a 
Rescue Committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, or a motion to recommit the Rescue Com-
mittee bill, is not in order. 
(5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 
case may be, to the procedure relating to a Rescue 
Committee bill shall be decided without debate. 
(d) AMENDMENT.—A Rescue Committee bill shall not 
be subject to amendment in either the Senate or the 
House of Representatives. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing a Rescue 
Committee bill, a House receives from the other 
House a Rescue Committee bill consisting of legisla-
tive language approved by the same Rescue Com-
mittee as the Rescue Committee bill in the receiving 
House— 
(A) the Rescue Committee bill of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee; and 
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(B) the procedure in the receiving House 
shall be the same as if no Rescue Committee 
bill had been received from the other House 
until the vote on passage, when the Rescue 
Committee bill received from the other House 
shall supplant the Rescue Committee bill of the 
receiving House. 
(2) REVENUE
MEASURES.—This subsection 
shall not apply to the House of Representatives if a 
Rescue Committee bill received from the Senate is a 
revenue measure. 
(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF RESCUE COMMITTEE BILL 
OF OTHER HOUSE.—If a Rescue Committee bill is 
not introduced in the Senate or the Senate fails to 
consider a Rescue Committee bill under this section, 
the Rescue Committee bill of the House of Rep-
resentatives consisting of legislative language ap-
proved by the same Rescue Committee as the Rescue 
Committee bill in the Senate shall be entitled to ex-
pedited floor procedures under this section. 
(2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN 
THE
SENATE.—If, following passage of a Rescue 
Committee bill in the Senate, the Senate then re-
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ceives from the House of Representatives a Rescue 
Committee bill approved by the same Rescue Com-
mittee and consisting of the same legislative lan-
guage as the Senate-passed Rescue Committee bill, 
the House-passed Rescue Committee bill shall not be 
debatable. The vote on passage of the Rescue Com-
mittee bill in the Senate shall be considered to be 
the vote on passage of the Rescue Committee bill re-
ceived from the House of Representatives. 
(3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes a Rescue 
Committee bill, consideration of a veto message in 
the Senate under this paragraph shall be 10 hours 
equally divided between the majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate or the designees of the major-
ity and minority leaders of the Senate. 
SEC. 6. FUNDING. 
Funding for each Rescue Committee shall be derived 
in equal portions from— 
(1) the contingent fund of the Senate from the 
appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, sub-
ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate; and 
(2) the applicable accounts of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 7. RULEMAKING. 
The provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress— 
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(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and, as such, the provisions— 
(A) shall be considered as part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, or of that House to 
which they specifically apply; and 
(B) shall supersede other rules only to the 
extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of such House. 
Æ 
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