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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1715 
To establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of the 
recommendations set forth in the Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings 
report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of Michigan (for himself, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. CARNEY, and Mr. 
POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To establish procedures for the expedited consideration by 
Congress of the recommendations set forth in the Cuts, 
Consolidations, and Savings report prepared by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget. 
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 ‘‘Expedited Consider-
ation of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CUTS, CONSOLIDA-
TIONS, AND SAVINGS PREPARED BY THE OF-
FICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections 
1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, re-
spectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following 
new section: 
‘‘CUTS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AND SAVINGS PREPARED BY 
THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) IN GENERAL.—The President may 
propose, at the time and in the manner provided in sub-
section (b), the carrying out of all or part of the rec-
ommendations contained in the most recent Cuts, Consoli-
dations, and Savings prepared by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL
OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—Not 
later than 120 days after the publication of any Cuts, Con-
solidations, and Savings prepared by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, the President may transmit to Con-
gress a special message to carry out all or part of the rec-
ommendations contained in that Cuts, Consolidations, and 
Savings. The President shall include with that special mes-
sage a draft bill or joint resolution that would carry out 
his recommendations. 
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‘‘(c) PROCEDURES
FOR
EXPEDITED
CONSIDER-
ATION.— 
‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of 
continuous session of the applicable House after the 
date of receipt of a special message transmitted to 
Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader 
or minority leader of the House of Congress in 
which the Act involved originated shall introduce (by 
request) the draft bill or joint resolution accom-
panying that special message. If the bill or joint res-
olution is not introduced as provided in the pre-
ceding sentence, then, on the third day of continuous 
session of that House after the date of receipt of 
that special message, any Member of that House 
may introduce the bill or joint resolution. 
‘‘(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the committee or committees with subject 
matter jurisdiction over that measure. The com-
mittee or committees shall report the bill or joint 
resolution without substantive revision and with or 
without recommendation. The bill or joint resolution 
shall be reported not later than the seventh day of 
continuous session of that House after the date of 
receipt of that special message. If a committee fails 
to report the bill or joint resolution within that pe-
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riod, that committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from consideration of the bill or joint reso-
lution, and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed 
on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint 
resolution shall be taken in that House on or before 
the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses-
sion of that House after the date of the introduction 
of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the 
bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or 
joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent-
atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case 
of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) 
shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other 
House of Congress on the same calendar day on 
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to. 
‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to 
the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the 
committee or committees of jurisdiction of that 
House. The committee or committees shall report 
the bill or joint resolution without substantive revi-
sion and with or without recommendation. The bill 
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or joint resolution shall be reported not later than 
the seventh day of continuous session of that House 
after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A com-
mittee failing to report the bill or joint resolution 
within such period shall be automatically discharged 
from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and 
the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the 
appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint 
resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken 
on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of 
continuous session of that House after the date on 
which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If 
the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that 
House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
(in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in 
the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of 
the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution 
agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed 
bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House 
in which the bill or joint resolution originated. 
‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint 
resolution under this section shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo-
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tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order 
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives 
on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall 
not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally 
between those favoring and those opposing the bill 
or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate 
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to 
move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under 
this section or to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to. 
‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
ing to the application of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or 
joint resolution under this section shall be decided 
without debate. 
‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided 
in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con-
sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec-
tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to 
the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under 
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‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit 
debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section 
is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint 
resolution under this section is not in order. 
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment 
to a bill or joint resolution considered under this section 
shall be in order in either the House of Representatives 
or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of 
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall 
it be in order in either House to suspend the application 
of this subsection by unanimous consent. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section 
continuity of a session of either House of Congress shall 
be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that 
House sine die, and the days on which that House is not 
in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 
to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of 
any period.’’. 
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 
904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a) 
and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d) 
and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting 
‘‘1017’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’. 
(2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) 
(as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 
1014’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 
‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 
(D) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (A); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
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(iii) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subpara-
graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert-
ing ‘‘1014’’; and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message 
under section 1013 with respect to a proposed 
rescission; and’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 
for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec-
tions 1014 through 1018; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1012 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’. 
SEC. 3. TERMINATION. 
The authority provided by section 1013 of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(as added by section 2) shall terminate effective on the 
date in 2018 on which the Congress adjourns sine die. 
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