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 the Fiscal 
Commission shall file a written state-
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 Fiscal 
Commission— 
(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. 
(iii) HEARING
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Fiscal Commission shall hold not less than 
6 hearings under this subparagraph, which 
shall include— 
(I) field hearings through the 
Nation; 
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(II) hearings to solicit testimony 
from appropriate officials of the exec-
utive branch; and 
(III) hearings to solicit testimony 
from Members of Congress (in this 
subclause defined as a member of the 
Senate or the House of Representa-
tives, a Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Resident Com-
missioner from Puerto Rico). 
(G) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
CON-
SULTATION.—Upon written request of the co- 
chairs of the Fiscal Commission, the head of a 
Federal agency (including legislative branch 
agencies) shall provide technical assistance to, 
and consult with, the Fiscal Commission in 
order for the Fiscal Commission to carry out 
their duties. 
(H) OUTSIDE EXPERT.—Any outside ex-
pert appointed to the Fiscal Commission— 
(i) shall not be considered to be a 
Federal employee for any purpose by rea-
son of service on the Fiscal Commission; 
and 
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(ii) shall be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
at rates authorized for employees of agen-
cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code, while away 
from their homes or regular places of busi-
ness in the performance of services for the 
Commission. 
(b) STAFF OF FISCAL COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Fiscal 
Commission may jointly appoint and fix the com-
pensation of staff of the Fiscal Commission as the 
co-chairs determine necessary, in accordance with 
the guidelines, rules, and requirements relating to 
employees of the Senate. 
(2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.— 
(A) 
SENATE.—Members 
appointed 
by 
Members of the Senate who serve on the Fiscal 
Commission and staff of the Fiscal Commission 
shall adhere to the ethics rules of the Senate. 
(B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mem-
bers appointed by Members of the House of 
Representatives who serve on the Fiscal Com-
mission shall be governed by the ethics rules 
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and requirements of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The Fiscal Commission shall ter-
minate on the date that is 30 days after the date the Fis-
cal Commission submits the report under subsection 
(a)(2)(B)(v). 
SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTING 
BILLS. 
(a) QUALIFYING
LEGISLATION.—Only an imple-
menting bill shall be entitled to expedited consideration 
under this section. 
(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—If the Fiscal Commission 
approves and submits legislative language under 
clauses 
(i) 
and 
(v), 
respectively, 
of 
section 
3(a)(2)(B), the implementing bill consisting solely of 
that legislative language shall be introduced in the 
House of Representatives (by request)— 
(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 
third legislative day after the date the Fiscal 
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Commission approves and submits such legisla-
tive language; or 
(B) if the implementing bill is not intro-
duced under subparagraph (A), by any Member 
of the House of Representatives on any legisla-
tive day beginning on the legislative day after 
the legislative day described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(2) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives to which an 
implementing bill is referred shall report the imple-
menting bill to the House of Representatives without 
amendment not later than 5 legislative days after 
the date on which the implementing bill was so re-
ferred. If any committee of the House of Represent-
atives to which an implementing bill is referred fails 
to report the implementing bill within that period, 
that committee shall be automatically discharged 
from consideration of the implementing bill, and the 
implementing bill shall be placed on the appropriate 
calendar. 
(3) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.—After 
the last committee authorized to consider an imple-
menting bill reports it to the House of Representa-
tives or has been discharged from its consideration, 
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it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 
the implementing bill in the House of Representa-
tives. Such a motion shall not be in order after the 
House of Representatives has disposed of a motion 
to proceed with respect to the implementing bill. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
the motion to its adoption without intervening mo-
tion. 
(4) CONSIDERATION.—The implementing bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the implementing bill and against its consid-
eration are waived. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the implementing bill to its 
passage without intervening motion except 2 hours 
of debate equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent. 
(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
of the implementing bill shall occur pursuant to the 
constraints under clause 8 of rule XX of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives. 
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—On the 
day on which an implementing bill is submitted to 
the Senate under section 3(a)(2)(B)(v), the imple-
menting bill shall be introduced, by request, by the 
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majority leader of the Senate for himself or herself 
and the minority leader of the Senate, or by any 
Member so designated by them. If the Senate is not 
in session on the day on which such implementing 
bill is submitted, it shall be introduced as provided 
on the first day thereafter on which the Senate is in 
session. Such implementing bill shall be placed on 
the Calendar of Business under General Orders. 
(2) 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 an implementing bill is placed on the Cal-
endar, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 
designee of the majority leader to move to proceed 
to the consideration of the implementing bill. It shall 
also be in order for any Member of the Senate to 
move to proceed to the consideration of the imple-
menting 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 implementing bill are 
waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
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agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the im-
plementing bill is agreed to, it shall remain the un-
finished business until disposed of. All points of 
order against the implementing bill and against its 
consideration are waived. 
(3) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 
implementing bill, a motion to postpone, a motion to 
proceed to the consideration of other business, or a 
motion to commit the implementing bill is not in 
order. 
(4) 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 an imple-
menting bill shall be decided without debate. 
(d) AMENDMENT.—An implementing 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 an imple-
menting bill, one House receives from the other 
House an implementing bill consisting solely of the 
text of the implementing bill approved by the Fiscal 
Commission— 
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(A) the implementing bill of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee; and 
(B) the procedure in the receiving House 
shall be the same as if no implementing bill had 
been received from the other House until the 
vote on passage, when the implementing bill re-
ceived from the other House shall supplant the 
implementing bill of the receiving House. 
(2) REVENUE
MEASURES.—This subsection 
shall not apply to the House of Representatives if an 
implementing bill received from the Senate is a rev-
enue measure. 
(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF IMPLEMENTING BILL OF 
OTHER HOUSE.—If an implementing bill is not intro-
duced in the Senate or the Senate fails to consider 
an implementing bill under this section, the imple-
menting bill of the House of Representatives con-
sisting of legislative language approved by the same 
Fiscal Commission as the implementing bill in the 
Senate shall be entitled to expedited floor procedures 
under this section. 
(2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN 
THE SENATE.—If, following passage of an imple-
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menting bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives 
from the House of Representatives an implementing 
bill consisting of the same text as the Senate-passed 
implementing bill, the House-passed implementing 
bill shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of 
the implementing bill in the Senate shall be consid-
ered to be the vote on passage of the implementing 
bill received from the House of Representatives. 
(3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes an imple-
menting 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. 5. FUNDING. 
Funding for the Fiscal Commission 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. 6. 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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