,,iia ,calendar ,no4 #bad #aacth        
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,j4      
,,res4 #hi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of    
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #i1   
#bjac,received2 read the first time     
,october #aj1 #bjac,read the second time
 and placed on the calendar  ,,joint    
,,resolution  ,making appropriations for
 the salaries and related expenses of   
certain ,federal employees during a     
lapse in funding authority for fiscal   
year #bjad1 to establish a bicameral    
working group on deficit reduction and  
economic growth1 and for other purposes4
  ,i ,federal ,worker ,pay ,fairness    
,act  ,that the following sums are      
hereby appropriated1 out of any money in
 the ,treasury not otherwise            
appropriated1 and out of applicable     
corporate or other revenues1 receipts1  
and funds1 for the salaries and related 
expenses of certain ,federal employees  
for fiscal year #bjad1 and for other    
purposes1 namely3  #aja4 ,such amounts  
as may be necessary for paying salaries 

and related expenses of ,federal        
employees excepted from the provisions  
of the ,antideficiency ,act 7#ca        
,u4,s4,c4 #acda et seq47 who work during
 the period beginning ,october #a1      
#bjac1 and ending ,december #ae1 #bjac1 
when there is otherwise no funding      
authority for such salaries and related 
expenses3 ,provided1 ,that not later    
than ,december #bj1 #bjac1 the ,director
 of the ,office of ,management and      
,budget shall provide to the ,committees
 on ,appropriations of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,senate a      
report specifying the use of funds made 
available to the ,executive ,branch by  
this joint resolution4  #ajb4           
,expenditures made pursuant to this     
joint resolution shall be charged to the
 applicable appropriation1 fund1 or     
authorization whenever a bill in which  
such applicable appropriation1 fund1 or 
authorization is contained is enacted   
into law4  #ajc4 ,it is the sense of    
,congress that this joint resolution may

 also be referred to as the ,federal    
,worker ,pay ,fairness ,act4  ,this     
title may be cited as the ,excepted     
,employees' ,pay ,continuing            
,appropriations ,resolution1 #bjad4     
,,ii ,deficit ,reduction and ,economic  
,growth ,working ,group ,act  #bja4     
,short title ,this title may be cited as
 the ,deficit ,reduction and ,economic  
,growth ,working ,group ,act of #bjac4  
#bjb4 ,bicameral working group on       
deficit reduction and economic growth   
7a7 ,establishment ,there is hereby     
established a bicameral working group to
 be known as the ,bicameral ,working    
,group on ,deficit ,reduction and       
,economic ,growth 7hereinafter referred 
to as the working group74  7b7 ,purpose 
,the working group shall recommend to   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate-- 7#a7 overall levels of        
discretionary spending1 including for   
the fiscal year ending on ,september    
#cj1 #bjad2  7#b7 changes in the        
statutory limit on the public debt2 and 

7#c7 reforms in direct spending         
programs4  7c7 ,membership  7#a7 ,the   
working group shall be comprised of #bj 
members to be appointed as follows3 7,a7
 ,the ,speaker shall appoint #aj        
,members of the ,house of               
,representatives1 of which one shall be 
designated as ,house co-chair and #d    
shall be on the recommendation of the   
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives4  7,b7 ,the majority   
leader of the ,senate shall appoint #aj 
,senators1 of which one shall be        
designated as ,senate co-chair and #d   
shall be on the recommendation of the   
minority leader of the ,senate4  7#b7   
,any vacancy occurring in the membership
 of the working group shall be filled in
 the same manner as the original        
designation was made4  7#c7 ,each       
appointment under this subsection shall 
be made not later than one calendar day 
after enactment of this ,act4  7d7      
,meetings ,the members of the working   
group shall meet not later than one     

calendar day after their appointment    
pursuant to subsection 7c7 and shall    
meet on each calendar day thereafter    
unless both co-chairs jointly determine 
that there is good cause to dispense    
with such meeting4  7e7 ,adoption of    
recommendations ,the working group may  
not report any recommendation unless it 
receives the support of a majority of   
the members appointed by both the       
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives and the majority leader
 of the ,senate4  7f7 ,report  7#a7 ,the
 working group shall report its         
recommendations1 including any          
legislative language required to        
implement those recommendations1 to the 
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate within #c calendar days after   
their adoption4  7#b7 ,the report shall 
be referred in the ,house of            
,representatives by the ,speaker in     
accordance with clause #b of rule ,,xiv4
  7#c7 ,the report shall include any    
supplemental1 minority1 or additional   

views submitted to the co-chairs prior  
to its transmission pursuant to         
paragraph 7#a74  7g7 ,termination ,the  
working group shall terminate           
immediately after transmission of the   
report under subsection 7f74  7h7       
,rulemaking ,the provisions of this     
section are enacted by ,congress-- 7#a7 
as an exercise of the rulemaking power  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,senate1 respectively1 and as such  
they shall be considered as part of the 
rules of each ,house1 respectively1 or  
of that ,house to which they            
specifically apply1 and such rules shall
 supercede other rules only to the      
extent that they are inconsistent       
therewith2 and  7#b7 with full          
recognition of the constitutional right 
of either ,house to change such rules   
7so far as relating to such ,house7 at  
any time1 in the same manner1 and to the
 same extent as in the case of any other
 rule of such ,house4  ,passed the      
,house of ,representatives ,october #h1 

#bjac4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk  ,october 
#aj1 #bjac,read the second time and     
placed on the calendar