(f) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Upon the request of the 
Commission, the Librarian of Congress shall provide to 
the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, administrative 
support services, research services, and research staff nec-
essary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 
under this Act. 
(g) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The chairman of the Commission may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall terminate 120 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the final plan and 
recommendations under section 3(b). 
SEC. 8. CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT OF AGENCIES AND 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President shall— 
(1) eliminate all agencies and programs rec-
ommended for elimination by the Commission in 
each report submitted to Congress by the President 
under section 3(d); 
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(2) realign all agencies and programs rec-
ommended for realignment by such Commission in 
each such report; 
(3) initiate all such eliminations and realign-
ments no later than 2 years after the date on which 
the President submits a report to Congress under 
section 3(d) containing the recommendations for 
such eliminations or realignments; and 
(4) complete all such eliminations and realign-
ments no later than the end of the 6-year period be-
ginning on the date on which the President submits 
the report under section 3(d) containing the rec-
ommendations for such closures or realignments. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) The President may not carry out any elimi-
nation or realignment recommended in a report sub-
mitted by the President pursuant to section 3(d) if 
a joint resolution is enacted, in accordance with the 
provisions of section 9, disapproving such rec-
ommendations before the earlier of— 
(A) the end of the 45-day period beginning 
on the date on which the President submits 
such report; or 
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(B) the adjournment of Congress sine die 
for the session during which such report is sub-
mitted. 
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this sub-
section and subsections (a) and (c) of section 9, the 
days on which either House of Congress is not in 
session because of adjournment of more than 3 days 
to a day certain shall be excluded in the computation 
of a period. 
SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 
section 8(b), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a 
joint resolution which is introduced within the 10-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the President submits 
the report to Congress under section 3(d), 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 Federal Realignment and 
Closure Commission as submitted by the President 
on’’, the blank space being filled in with the appro-
priate date; and 
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(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the Fed-
eral Realignment and Closure Commission.’’. 
(b) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection 
(a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives 
shall be referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives. A reso-
lution described in subsection (a) introduced in the Senate 
shall be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re-
ported such a resolution (or an identical resolution) by the 
end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which 
the President submits the report to Congress under sec-
tion 3(d), such committee shall be, at the end of such pe-
riod, discharged from further consideration of such resolu-
tion, 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 mo-
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tion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for 
any Member of the respective House to move to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the resolution. A mem-
ber may make the motion only on the day after the 
calendar day on which the Member announces to the 
House concerned the Member’s intention 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. The motion is highly privileged in the 
House of Representatives and is privileged in the 
Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not sub-
ject 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 resolution without intervening motion, order, or 
other business, and the resolution shall remain the 
unfinished business of the respective House until 
disposed of. 
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(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debat-
able motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 
resolution is not in order. A motion further to limit 
debate is in order and not debatable. A motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation 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 dis-
agreed to is not in order. 
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the 
debate on a resolution described in subsection (a) 
and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the de-
bate if requested 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 re-
lating 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.— 
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(1) If, before the passage by one House of a 
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), 
that House receives from the other House a resolu-
tion 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 
considered in the House receiving it except in 
the case of final passage as provided in sub-
paragraph (B)(ii); and 
(B) with respect to a resolution described 
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the res-
olution (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 re-
ceiving 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-
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