I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2153
To review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal 
subsidies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2003
Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
MARKEY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. UDALL 
of Colorado, Mr. FROST, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 
HOEFFEL, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. 
DELAURO, and Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and 
in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules, and the Budg-
et, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and 
inequitable Federal subsidies.
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 ‘‘Corporate Subsidy Re-
form Commission Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that—
(1) Federal subsidies, including tax advantages, 
which may have been enacted with a valid purpose 
for specific industries or industry segments can—
(A) fall subject to abuse, causing unantici-
pated and unjustified windfalls to some indus-
tries and industry segments; or 
(B) become obsolete, anticompetitive, or no 
longer in the public interest, making such sub-
sidies unnecessary or undesired; 
(2) it is unfair to force the United States tax-
payer to support unnecessary subsidies, including 
tax advantages, that do not provide a substantial 
public benefit or serve the public interest; 
(3) Congress and the President have been un-
able to evaluate methodically those Federal subsidies 
that are unfair and unnecessary and require reform 
or elimination; and 
(4) a Commission to advise the President and 
Congress is essential to a comprehensive review of 
such unfair corporate subsidies and to the reform or 
elimination of such subsidies. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to establish a fair and de-
liberative process that will result in the timely identifica-
tion, review, and reform or elimination of unnecessary and 
inequitable subsidies, including tax advantages, provided 
by the Federal Government to entities or industries en-
gaged in profitmaking enterprises. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘inequitable Federal subsidy’’ 
means a payment, benefit, service, or tax advantage 
that—
(1) is provided by the Federal Government to 
any corporation, partnership, joint venture, associa-
tion, or business trust, not to include—
(A) a nonprofit organization described 
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; or 
(B) a State or local government or Indian 
tribe or Alaska Native village or regional or vil-
lage corporation as defined in or established 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(2) is provided without a reasonable expecta-
tion, demonstrated with the use of reliable perform-
ance criteria, that actions or activities undertaken or 
performed in return for such payment, benefit, serv-
ice, or tax advantage would result in a return or 
benefit, quantifiable or nonquantifiable, to the public 
at least as great as the payment, benefit, service, or 
tax advantage; 
(3) provides an unfair competitive advantage or 
financial windfall; and 
(4) shall not include a payment, benefit, service, 
or tax advantage that—
(A) is awarded for the purposes of re-
search and development that—
(i) is in the broad public interest on 
the basis of a peer reviewed or other open, 
competitive, merit-based procedure; 
(ii) is for a purpose consistent with 
the mission of the agency; 
(iii) supports competing technologies 
at levels appropriate to their potential, as 
determined by an appropriate priority set-
ting process; and 
(iv) the private sector cannot reason-
ably be expected to undertake without Fed-
eral support at a level or in a timeframe 
consistent with the payment, benefit, serv-
ice, or tax advantage’s potential to provide 
broad economic or other public benefit;
(B) primarily benefits public health, safety, 
the environment, or education; 
(C) is necessary to comply with inter-
national trade or treaty obligations; 
(D) is certified by the United States Trade 
Representative as specifically intended and as 
substantially needed to protect the foreign trade 
interests of the United States; or 
(E) is for the purpose of procurement of 
property or services by the United States Gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 5. THE COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-
pendent commission to be known as the ‘‘Corporate Sub-
sidy Reform Commission’’ (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall—
(1) examine the programs and tax laws of the 
Federal Government and identify programs and tax 
laws that provide inequitable Federal subsidies; 
(2) review inequitable Federal subsidies; and 
(3) submit the report required under section 
6(b) to the President and Congress. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) CREATION OF NEW PROGRAMS OR TAXES.—
This Act is not intended to result in the creation of 
new programs or taxes, and the Commission estab-
lished in this section shall limit its activities to re-
viewing existing programs or tax laws with the goal 
of ensuring fairness and equity in the operation and 
application of such programs and laws. 
(2) ELIMINATION OF AGENCIES AND DEPART-
MENTS.—The Commission shall limit its rec-
ommendations to the termination or reform of pay-
ments, benefits, services, or tax advantages, rather 
than the termination of Federal agencies or depart-
ments. 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Commission shall 
be considered an advisory committee within the meaning 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(e) APPOINTMENT.—
(1) MEMBERS.—The Commissioners shall be 
appointed for the life of the Commission and shall 
be composed of nine members of whom—
(A) 3 shall be appointed by the President 
of the United States; 
(B) 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives;
(C) 1 shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives; 
(D) 2 shall be appointed by the majority 
leader of the Senate; and 
(E) 1 shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the Senate. 
(2) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The President, 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives, the 
majority leader of the Senate, and the minority lead-
er of the Senate shall consult among themselves 
prior to the appointment of the members of the 
Commission in order to achieve, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, fair and equitable representation of 
various points of view with respect to the matters to 
be studied by the Commission under subsection (b). 
(3) APPOINTMENTS.—During the period of 
January 1, 2004 through January 31, 2004, the 
President shall submit to the Senate the names of 
3 individuals for appointment to the Commission. 
(4) FAILURE
TO
APPOINT.—If the President 
does not submit to Congress the names of 3 individ-
uals for appointment to the Commission on or before 
the date specified in paragraph (3), the process es-
tablished under this Act shall be terminated.
(5) CHAIRMAN.—At the time the President 
nominates individuals for appointment to the Com-
mission the President shall designate 1 such indi-
vidual who shall serve as Chairman of the Commis-
sion. 
(6) BACKGROUND.—The members shall rep-
resent a broad array of expertise covering, to the ex-
tent practical, all subject matter, programs, and tax 
laws the Commission is likely to review. 
(f) TERMS.—Each member of the Commission in-
cluding the Chairman shall serve until the termination of 
the Commission. 
(g) MEETINGS.—
(1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than April 1, 
2004, the Commission shall conduct its first meet-
ing. 
(2) OPEN
MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the 
Commission shall be open to the public. In cases 
where classified information, trade secrets, or per-
sonnel matters are discussed, the Chairman may 
close the meeting. All proceedings, information, and 
deliberations of the Commission shall be available, 
upon request, to the chairman and ranking member 
of the relevant committees of Congress.
(h) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission shall 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(i) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
(1) PAY.—Notwithstanding section 7 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), 
each Commissioner, other than the Chairman, shall 
be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the 
minimum annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, for each day (including travel 
time) during which the member is engaged in the ac-
tual performance of duties vested in the Commis-
sion. 
(2) CHAIRMAN.—Notwithstanding section 7 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.), the Chairman shall be paid for each day re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) at a rate equal to the 
daily payment of the minimum annual rate of basic 
pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall receive 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(j) DIRECTOR OF STAFF.—
(1) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chairman shall ap-
point a Director who has not served in any of the 
entities or industries that the Commission intends to 
review during the 12 months preceding the date of 
such appointment. 
(2) PAY.—Notwithstanding section 7 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), 
the Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay 
payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) REPORTS.—On administrative and per-
sonnel matters, the Director shall submit periodic 
reports to the Chairman of the Commission and the 
chairman and ranking member of the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Government Reform and Oversight of the 
House of the Representatives. 
(k) STAFF.—
(1) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—Subject to para-
graphs (2) and (4), the Director, with the approval 
of the Commission, may appoint and fix the pay of 
additional personnel. 
(2) APPOINTMENTS.—The Director may make 
such appointments without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service, and any personnel 
so appointed may be paid without regard to the pro-
visions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of that title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates. 
(3) DETAILEES.—Upon the request of the Di-
rector, the head of any Federal department or agen-
cy may detail any of the personnel of that depart-
ment or agency to the Commission to assist the 
Commission in accordance with an agreement en-
tered into with the Commission. 
(4) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
PERSONNEL
AND 
DETAILEES.—The following restrictions shall apply 
to personnel and detailees of the Commission: 
(A) PERSONNEL.—Not more than one-
third of the personnel detailed to the Commis-
sion may be on detail from Federal agencies 
that deal directly or indirectly with the Federal 
subsidies the Commission intends to review. 
(B) ANALYSTS.—Not more than one-fifth 
of the professional analysts of the Commission 
may be persons detailed from a Federal agency 
that deals directly or indirectly with the Federal 
subsidies the Commission intends to review.
(C) LEAD ANALYST.—No person detailed 
from a Federal agency to the Commission may 
be assigned as the lead professional analyst 
with respect to an entity or industry the Com-
mission intends to review if the person has been 
involved in regulatory or policymaking decisions 
affecting any such entity or industry in the 12 
months preceding such assignment. 
(D) DETAILEE.—A person may not be de-
tailed from a Federal agency to the Commission 
if, within 12 months before the detail is to 
begin, that person participated personally and 
substantially in any matter within that par-
ticular agency concerning the preparation of 
recommendations under this Act. 
(E) FEDERAL OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.—
No member of a Federal agency, and no officer 
or employee of a Federal agency, may—
(i) prepare any report concerning the 
effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the 
performance on the staff of the Commis-
sion of any person detailed from a Federal 
agency to that staff; 
(ii) review the preparation of such re-
port; or
(iii) approve or disapprove such a re-
port. 
(F) LIMITATION ON STAFF SIZE.—(i) Sub-
ject to clause (ii), there may not be more than 
25 persons (including any detailees) on the 
staff at any time. 
(ii) The Commission may increase per-
sonnel in excess of the limitation under clause 
(i), 15 days after submitting notification of 
such increase to the Committee on Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Government Reform and Oversight of the 
House of Representatives. 
(G) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL OFFICER.—
No member of a Federal agency and no em-
ployee of a Federal agency may serve as a Com-
missioner or as a paid member of the staff. 
(5) ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States may provide assist-
ance, including the detailing of employees, to 
the Commission in accordance with an agree-
ment entered into with the Commission. 
(B) 
CONSULTATION.—The 
Commission 
and the Comptroller General of the United
States shall consult with the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight of the House of Representatives on the 
agreement referred to under subparagraph (A) 
before entering into such agreement. 
(l) OTHER AUTHORITY.—
(1) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Com-
mission may procure by contract, to the extent funds 
are available, the temporary or intermittent services 
of experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) LEASING.—The Commission may lease 
space and acquire personal property to the extent 
that funds are available. 
(m) FUNDING.—
(1) COMMISSION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Commission such funds as are 
necessary to carry out its duties under this Act. 
(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States such funds as are nec-
essary to carry out its duties under subsection (k)(5) 
and section 6(b)(5).
(n) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
on September 1, 2005. 
SEC. 6. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO 
TERMINATE CORPORATE SUBSIDIES. 
(a) AGENCY PLAN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 
2004, or the date budget documents are submitted 
to Congress in 2004, whichever is earlier, in support 
of the budget of each Federal department or agency, 
the head of each department or agency shall include 
in such documents a list identifying all programs or 
tax laws within that department or agency that the 
head of the department or agency determines pro-
vide inequitable Federal subsidies. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Such a list shall include—
(A) a detailed description of each program 
or tax law in question; 
(B) a statement detailing the extent to 
which a payment, benefit, service, or tax advan-
tage meets the provisions of section 4; 
(C) a statement summarizing the legisla-
tive history and purpose of such payment, ben-
efit, service, or tax advantage, and the laws or 
policies directly or indirectly giving rise to the 
need for such programs or tax laws; and
(D) a recommendation to the Commission 
regarding actions to be taken under section 
5(b)(3). 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
PROGRAMS.—As 
part of its agency plan submitted pursuant to this 
subsection, the United States Trade Representative 
shall survey all federally supported international 
trade programs in all Federal agencies and shall cer-
tify to the Commission which of those programs 
meet the requirements of section 4(4)(D). The 
Trade Representative shall provide the Commission 
a detailed statement of the reasons each program 
was or was not so certified as part of its agency 
plan. 
(b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE COM-
MISSION.—
(1) REVIEW AND HEARINGS.—At any time after 
the submission of the budget documents to Con-
gress, the Commission shall conduct public hearings 
on the recommendations included in the lists re-
quired under subsection (a). All testimony before the 
Commission at a public hearing conducted under 
this paragraph shall be presented under oath. 
(2) REPORT OF COMMISSION.—
(A) REPORT
TO
PRESIDENT.—Not later 
than November 30, 2004, the Commission shall 
submit a report to the President containing the 
Commission’s findings and recommendations 
for termination, modification, or retention of 
each of the inequitable Federal subsidies re-
viewed by the Commission. Such findings and 
recommendations shall specify—
(i) all actions, circumstances, and con-
siderations relating to or bearing upon the 
recommendations; and 
(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the estimated effect of the rec-
ommendations upon the policies, laws and 
programs directly or indirectly affected by 
the recommendations. 
(B) CHANGES
IN
RECOMMENDATIONS.—
Subject to the deadline in subparagraph (A), in 
making its recommendations, the Commission 
may make changes in any of the recommenda-
tions made by a department or agency if the 
Commission determines that such department 
or agency deviated substantially from the provi-
sions of section 4.
(C) CHANGES.—In the case of a change in 
the recommendations made by a department or 
agency, the Commission may make the change 
only if the Commission—
(i) makes the determination required 
under subparagraph (B); and 
(ii) conducts a public hearing on the 
Commission’s proposed changes. 
(D) 
APPLICATION.—Subparagraph 
(C) 
shall apply to a change by the Commission in 
a department or agency recommendation that 
would—
(i) add or delete a payment, benefit, 
service, or tax advantage to the list rec-
ommended for termination; 
(ii) add or delete a payment, benefit, 
service, or tax advantage to the list rec-
ommended for modification; or 
(iii) increase or decrease the extent of 
a recommendation to modify a payment, 
benefit, service, or tax advantage included 
in 
a 
department’s 
or 
agency’s 
rec-
ommendation. 
(3) JUSTIFICATION.—The Commission shall ex-
plain and justify in the report submitted to the
President under paragraph (2) any recommendation 
made by the Commission that is different from a 
recommendation made by an agency under sub-
section (a). 
(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—After November 
30, 2004, or after the date the Commission submits 
recommendations to the President, the Commission 
shall, upon request, promptly provide to any Member 
of Congress the information used by the Commission 
in making its recommendations. 
(5) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
Comp-
troller General of the United States shall—
(A) assist the Commission, to the extent 
requested, in the Commission’s review and anal-
ysis of the list, statements, and recommenda-
tions made by departments and agencies under 
subsection (a); and 
(B) not later than 60 days after April 1, 
2004, or the public release of the President’s 
budget documents in 2004, whichever is earlier, 
submit to Congress and to the Commission a 
report containing a detailed analysis of the list, 
statements, and recommendations of each de-
partment or agency. 
(c) REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 
2004, the President shall submit a report to the 
Commission and to Congress containing the Presi-
dent’s approval or disapproval of the Commission’s 
recommendations submitted under subsection (b). 
(2) APPROVAL.—If the President approves all 
the recommendations of the Commission, the Presi-
dent shall submit a copy of such recommendations 
to Congress, together with a certification of such ap-
proval. 
(3) 
DISAPPROVAL.—If 
the 
President 
dis-
approves the recommendations of the Commission in 
whole or in part, the President shall submit to the 
Commission and Congress the reasons for that dis-
approval. Not later than February 1, 2005, the 
Commission shall submit to the President a revised 
list of recommendations. 
(4) REVISION.—If the President approves all of 
the revised recommendations of the Commission sub-
mitted to the President under paragraph (3), the 
President shall submit a copy of such revised rec-
ommendations to Congress, together with a certifi-
cation of such approval. 
(5) APPROVAL
OF
ENTIRE
PACKAGE.—The 
President may only submit an approval certificate
that pertains to the entire package of recommenda-
tions submitted by the Commission under subsection 
(b)(2) or paragraph (3) of this subsection. 
(6) FAILURE
TO
SUBMIT.—If the President 
does not submit to Congress an approval and certifi-
cation described in paragraph (2) or (4) by Feb-
ruary 15, 2005, the process established under this 
Act shall be terminated. 
SEC. 7. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
THE 
PRESIDENT.—If the President submits the Commission 
recommendations to Congress under section 6(c) (2) or 
(4), such recommendations shall be accompanied by infor-
mation specifying—
(1) the reasons and justifications for the rec-
ommendations; 
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, the esti-
mated fiscal, economic, and budgetary impact of ac-
cepting the recommendations; 
(3) the amount of the projected savings result-
ing from each recommendation; 
(4) all actions, circumstances, and consider-
ations relating to or bearing upon the recommenda-
tions and to the maximum extent practicable, the es-
timated effect of the recommendations upon the poli-
cies, laws and programs directly or indirectly af-
fected by the recommendations; and 
(5) the specific changes in Federal statute nec-
essary to implement the recommendations. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF RECOMMENDATIONS
TO
THE 
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—
(1) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—The rec-
ommendations submitted by the President to Con-
gress under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the 
Senate and the House of Representatives on the 
same day, and shall be delivered to the Secretary of 
the Senate if the Senate is not in session, and to the 
Clerk of the House of the Representatives if the 
House is not in session. 
(2) FEDERAL
REGISTER.—Any recommenda-
tions and accompanying information submitted 
under subsection (a) shall be printed in the first 
issue of the Federal Register after such submission. 
(c) INTRODUCTION.—
(1) DATE
OF
INTRODUCTION.—The majority 
leader of the Senate or his designee, and the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives, or his designee, 
shall introduce a bill (or bills as provided under 
paragraph (2)) that implements the recommenda-
tions submitted by the President under subsection
(a), not later than the later of 14 calendar days in 
session after the date on which—
(A) the Senate or the House of Represent-
atives received the recommendations submitted 
by the President under subsection (a), if the 
Senate or the House of Representatives (as ap-
plicable) is in session on the date of such sub-
mission; or 
(B) the Senate or the House of Represent-
atives is first in session after such recommenda-
tions are submitted, if the Senate or the House 
of Representatives (as applicable) is not in ses-
sion on the date of such submission. 
(2) MULTIPLE BILLS.—The majority leader of 
the Senate, or his designee, or the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, or his designee, shall in-
troduce a bill or separate bills ensuring that all such 
recommendations will be implemented. 
(d) COMMITTEE REFERRAL AND ACTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) CONSIDERATION
AND
REPORT.—Any 
committee to which a bill or bills introduced 
under subsection (c) is referred shall report 
such bill not later than 120 calendar days after 
the date of referral. No amendment during
committee consideration of a bill or bills intro-
duced under subsection (c) shall be in order un-
less that amendment is confined to terminating 
or reforming an inequitable Federal subsidy as 
defined in section 4 of this Act. Any such re-
ported bill shall be referred to the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate or the 
Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight of the House of Representatives, as appli-
cable. 
(B) COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND WAYS 
AND MEANS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Any bill referred to 
the Committee on Finance or the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means that contains 
revenue increases may be amended to in-
clude reductions in revenues in the form of 
tax cuts in an amount up to the amount 
of the revenue increases. 
(ii) SCORECARD.—If the bill referred 
to in clause (i) is enacted into law, any 
amount of revenue reductions not made by 
the bill as provided in clause (i) shall be 
credited to the pay-as-you-go scorecard 
under section 252 of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 and may only be offset by legislation 
reducing revenues. 
(2) DISCHARGE.—If a committee does not re-
port a bill within the 120-day period as provided 
under paragraph (1), such bill shall be discharged 
from the committee and referred to the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate or the Com-
mittee on Government Reform and Oversight of the 
House of Representatives, as applicable. 
(3) REPORT TO FLOOR; CONSOLIDATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first 
day the Senate or the House of Representatives 
(as applicable) is in session following 10 cal-
endar days in session after the end of the 120-
day period described under paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the Committee on Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives, as applicable, shall—
(i) consolidate all bills referred under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) into a single bill 
(without substantive amendment) and re-
port such bill to the Senate or the House 
of Representatives; or
(ii) if only 1 bill is referred under 
paragraph (1) or (2), report such bill 
(without amendment) to the Senate or 
House of Representatives. 
(B) LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR.—The bill re-
ported under subparagraph (A) shall be placed 
on the legislative calendar of the appropriate 
House. 
(e) PROCEDURE IN SENATE AFTER REPORT OF COM-
MITTEE; DEBATE; AMENDMENTS.—
(1) DEBATE ON BILL.—Debate in the Senate 
on a bill reported by the Committee on Govern-
mental Affairs under subsection (d)(3), and all 
amendments thereto and debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 30 hours. The time shall be equally di-
vided between, and controlled by, the majority leader 
and minority leader or their designees. 
(2) DEBATE ON AMENDMENTS.—Debate in the 
Senate on any amendment to the bill shall be limited 
to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con-
trolled by, the mover and the manager of the bill, 
and debate on any amendment to an amendment, 
debatable motion, or appeal shall be limited to 30 
minutes, to be equally divided between, and con-
trolled by, the mover and the manager of the bill, ex-
cept that in the event the manager of the bill is in 
favor of any such amendment, motion or appeal, the 
time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the 
minority leader or his designee. 
(3) LIMIT OF DEBATE.—(A) A motion to fur-
ther limit debate is not debatable. A motion by the 
majority leader or his designee to extend debate is 
not debatable. A motion to recommit is not in order. 
(B)(i) No amendment to the bill reported by 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs under sub-
section (d)(3) shall be in order unless—
(I) that amendment is confined to termi-
nating or reforming an inequitable Federal sub-
sidy as defined by section 4 of this Act; and 
(II) that amendment is germane to the bill 
reported by the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs. 
(ii) For the purposes of a bill described under 
clause (i), the term ‘‘germane’’ means only amend-
ments which strike language from such bill, or re-
store language in the bill or bills introduced under 
subsection (c). 
(4) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—
(A) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion to 
proceed to the consideration of the conference 
report on a bill subject to the procedures of this 
section and reported to the Senate may be 
made even though a previous motion to the 
same effect has been disagreed to. 
(B) TIME LIMITATION.—The consideration 
in the Senate of the conference report on the 
bill and any amendments in disagreement there-
to, including all debatable motions and appeals 
in connection therewith, shall be limited to 5 
hours, to be equally divided between, and con-
trolled by, the majority leader and minority 
leader or their designees. Debate on any debat-
able motion, appeal related to the conference re-
port, or any amendment to an amendment in 
disagreement, shall be limited to 30 minutes, to 
be equally divided between, and controlled by, 
the mover and the manager of the conference 
report (or a message between Houses). 
(f) PROCEDURE IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AFTER REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE; DEBATE.—
(1) MOTION TO CONSIDER.—When the Com-
mittee on Government Reform and Oversight of the 
House of Representatives reports a bill under sub-
section (d)(3) it is in order (at any time after the 
fifth day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays) following the day on which any committee 
report filed on a bill referred under subsection (d)(1) 
to the Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight has been available to Members of the House) 
to move to proceed to the consideration of the bill 
reported to the House of Representatives. The mo-
tion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An 
amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is 
not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 
(2) DEBATE.—General debate on the bill in the 
House of Representatives shall be limited to not 
more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally 
between the majority and minority parties. A motion 
further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to 
postpone debate is not in order, and it is not in 
order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
bill is agreed to or disagreed to. 
(3) TERMS OF CONSIDERATION.—Consideration 
of the bill by the House of Representatives shall be 
in the Committee of the Whole, and the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the 5-minute rule 
in accordance with the applicable provisions of rule
XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
After the committee rises and reports the bill back 
to the House, the previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and any amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion. 
(4) LIMIT ON DEBATE.—Debate in the House 
of Representatives on the conference report on a bill 
subject to the procedures under this section and re-
ported to the House of Representatives shall be lim-
ited to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between the majority and minority parties. A 
motion further to limit debate is not debatable. A 
motion to recommit the conference report is not in 
order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider 
the vote by which the conference report is agreed to 
or disagreed to. A motion to postpone is not in 
order. 
(5) APPEALS.—Appeals from decisions of the 
Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to the procedure relating 
to the bill shall be decided without debate. 
(g) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
procedure to be followed in that House in the case 
of a bill under this section, and it supersedes other 
rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with 
such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules as far as 
relating to the procedure of that House at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House.
Æ