No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1376
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-06-15
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

Legislative rules and procedure

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2017 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the Senate from considering any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, unless:</p> <ul> <li> the legislation is either ordered reported to the Senate by the committee receiving reconciliation instructions or reported by the Senate Budget Committee after receiving recommendations from multiple committees receiving instructions, and </li> <li>each committee that ordered the legislation to be reported or ordered recommendations to be reported to the Senate Budget Committee held at least one hearing regarding any major provision of the legislation that is within the jurisdiction of the committee</li> </ul> <p>An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators, duly chosen and sworn, is required to either: (1) waive or suspend the requirements of this bill, or (2) sustain an appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of order raised, with respect to the requirements. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1376 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 15, 2017 Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Durbin , Mr. Wyden , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Carper , Mr. Casey , Mr. Coons , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Duckworth , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Franken , Ms. Harris , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Markey , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Peters , Mr. Reed , Mr. Schatz , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Udall , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To ensure that all fast-tracked reconciliation bills are subject to a committee hearing, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2017 . 2. Committee hearings for reconciliation bills (a) In general Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 641 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Committee hearings for reconciliation bills It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, unless— (1) the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution was— (A) ordered reported to the Senate under subsection (b)(1) by the committee of the Senate receiving reconciliation instructions; or (B) reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate under subsection (b)(2) after receiving recommendations ordered to be reported to the Committee on the Budget by 1 or more committees of the Senate receiving reconciliation instructions; and (2) each committee that ordered reported the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution or ordered recommendations to be reported to the Committee on the Budget held not less than 1 hearing regarding any major provision of the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution within the jurisdiction of such committee. . (b) Waiver and appeal Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting 310(h), after 310(d)(2), ; and (2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting 310(h), after 310(d)(2), .