,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjac ,mr4 
,owens 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,renacci1 and 
,mrs4 ,bustos7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,rules1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the head of each 
executive agency to submit a report on  
the implementation of ,government       
,accountability ,office reports on      
reducing duplication1 achieving savings1
 and enhancing revenue within the       
,federal ,government4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,spending
 ,reduction ,act4  #b4 ,requirement for 
agency reports on reducing duplication1 
achieving savings1 and enhancing revenue
  7a7 ,report requirement ,not later    

than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the head of each
 executive agency shall submit to the   
,president and ,congress a report on the
 implementation of recommendations made 
by the following reports of the         
,government ,accountability ,office3    
7#a7 ,the ,march #bjaa ,government      
,accountability ,office report to       
,congress titled ,opportunities to      
,reduce ,potential ,duplication in      
,government ,programs1 ,save ,tax       
,dollars1 and ,enhance ,revenue         
7,,gao-#aa-cah,,sp74  7#b7 ,the         
,february #bjab ,government             
,accountability ,office report to       
,congress titled ,opportunities to      
,reduce ,duplication1 ,overlap and      
,fragmentation1 ,achieve ,savings1 and  
,enhance ,revenue 7,,gao-#ab-cdb,,sp74  
7#c7 ,the ,april #bjac ,government      
,accountability ,office report to       
,congress titled ,actions ,needed to    
,reduce ,fragmentation1 ,overlap1 and   
,duplication and ,achieve ,other        

,financial ,benefits                    
7,,gao-#ac-bgi,,sp74  7b7 ,matters      
covered in reports ,each report required
 by subsection 7a7 shall include the    
following3  7#a7 ,a discussion by the   
head of the executive agency of matters 
on which the agency agrees1 disagrees1  
or partially agrees with the ,government
 ,accountability ,office1 and           
recommendations by the head of the      
agency for actions that should be taken 
in the agency as a result of the reports
 described in subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,an 
opinion by the ,comptroller ,general of 
the ,united ,states on whether each such
 recommendation by the head of the      
executive agency under paragraph 7#a7 is
 consistent with the intent of the      
,government ,accountability ,office     
reports described in subsection 7a74    
7#c7 ,a proposal for legislative        
changes1 if any1 necessary to implement 
the recommendations by the head of the  
executive agency under paragraph 7#a74  
7#d7 ,a statement of the annual impact  

on costs to the ,federal ,government1   
including cost savings1 expected to     
occur as a result of the implementation 
of such recommendations4  7#e7 ,such    
other information as the head of the    
executive agency determines appropriate4
  #c4 ,implementation  7a7              
,implementation ,not later than #aej    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the head of each executive   
agency shall begin to implement the     
recommendations submitted in the report 
by the head of that agency under section
 #b1 in order to eliminate1 consolidate1
 streamline1 or better coordinate       
,government programs and agencies with  
duplicative1 overlapping1 or fragmented 
missions identified in the ,government  
,accountability ,office reports         
described in section #b7;a74  7b7       
,congressional disapproval  7#a7 ,the   
head of an executive agency may not     
carry out any recommendations contained 
in the report submitted to ,congress    
under section #b by the head of the     

agency if a joint resolution is enacted1
 in accordance with the provisions of   
section #d1 disapproving such           
recommendations before the earlier of-- 
7,a7 the end of the #de-;day period     
beginning on the date on which the head 
of the executive agency submits such    
report2 or  7,b7 the adjournment of     
,congress sine die for the session      
during which such report is submitted4  
7#b7 ,for purposes of paragraph 7#a7 of 
this subsection and subsections 7a7 and 
7b7 of section #d1 the days on which    
either ,house of ,congress is not in    
session because of an adjournment of    
more than three days to a day certain   
shall be excluded in the computation of 
a period4  #d4 ,congressional           
consideration of executive agency report
  7a7 ,terms of the resolution ,for     
purposes of section #c7;b71 the term    
joint resolution means only a joint     
resolution which is introduced within   
the #aj-;day period beginning on the    
date on which the head of an executive  

agency submits the report relating to   
that executive agency to ,congress under
 section #b1 and--  7#a7 which does not 
have a preamble2  7#b7 the matter after 
the resolving clause of which is as     
follows3 ,that ,congress disapproves the
 recommendations as submitted by  on 1  
the first blank space being filled in   
with the title of the head of the       
executive agency submitting the report1 
and the second blank space being filled 
in with the appropriate date2 and  7#c7 
the title of which is as follows3 ,joint
 resolution disapproving the            
recommendations of the 41 the blank     
space being filled in with the title of 
the head of the executive agency        
submitting the report4  7b7 ,referral ,a
 resolution described in subsection 7a7 
that is introduced in the ,house of     
,representatives shall be referred to   
the committee with jurisdiction over the
 executive agency concerned4 ,a         
resolution described in subsection 7a7  
introduced in the ,senate shall be      

referred to the committee with          
jurisdiction over the executive agency  
concerned4  7c7 ,discharge ,if the      
committee to which a resolution         
described in subsection 7a7 is referred 
has not reported such a resolution 7or  
an identical resolution7 by the end of  
the #bj-;day period beginning on the    
date on which the head of the executive 
agency concerned submits the report to  
the ,congress under section #b1 such    
committee shall be1 at the end of such  
period1 discharged from further         
consideration of such resolution1 and   
such resolution shall be placed on the  
appropriate calendar of the ,house      
involved4  7d7 ,consideration  7#a7 ,on 
or after the third day after the date on
 which the committee to which such a    
resolution is referred has reported1 or 
has been discharged 7under subsection   
7c77 from further consideration of1 such
 a resolution1 it is in order 7even     
though a previous motion to the same    
effect has been disagreed to7 for any   

,member of the respective ,house to move
 to proceed to the consideration of the 
resolution4 ,a ,member 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 motion1 
except that1 in the case of the ,house  
of ,representatives1 the motion may be  
made without such prior announcement if 
the motion is made by direction of the  
committee to which the resolution was   
referred4 ,all points of order against  
the resolution 7and against             
consideration of the resolution7 are    
waived4 ,the motion is highly privileged
 in the ,house of ,representatives and  
is privileged in the ,senate and is not 
debatable4 ,the motion is not subject to
 amendment1 or to a motion to postpone1 
or to a motion to proceed to the        
consideration of other business4 ,a     
motion to reconsider the vote by which  
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4 ,if a motion to  

proceed to the consideration of the     
resolution is agreed to1 the respective 
,house shall immediately proceed to     
consideration of the joint resolution   
without intervening motion1 order1 or   
other business1 and the resolution shall
 remain the unfinished business of the  
respective ,house until disposed of4    
7#b7 ,debate on the resolution1 and on  
all debatable motions and appeals in    
connection therewith1 shall be limited  
to not more than #b hours1 which shall  
be divided equally between those        
favoring and those opposing the         
resolution4 ,an amendment to the        
resolution is not in order4 ,a motion   
further to limit debate is in order and 
not debatable4 ,a motion to postpone1 or
 a motion to proceed to the             
consideration of other business1 or a   
motion to recommit the resolution is not
 in order4 ,a motion to reconsider the  
vote by which the resolution is agreed  
to or disagreed to is not in order4     
7#c7 ,immediately following the         

conclusion of the debate on a resolution
 described in subsection 7a7 and a      
single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance   
with the rules of the appropriate       
,house1 the vote on final passage of the
 resolution shall occur4  7#d7 ,appeals 
from the decisions of the ,chair        
relating to the application of the rules
 of the ,senate or the ,house of        
,representatives1 as the case may be1 to
 the procedure relating to a resolution 
described in subsection 7a7 shall be    
decided without debate4  7e7            
,consideration by other house  7#a7 ,if1
 before the passage by one ,house of a  
resolution of that ,house described in  
subsection 7a71 that ,house receives    
from the other ,house a resolution      
described in subsection 7a71 then the   
following procedures shall apply3  7,a7 
,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 subparagraph    
7,b77ii74  7,b7 ,with respect to a      
resolution described in subsection 7a7  
of the ,house receiving the resolution--
  7i7 the procedure in that ,house shall
 be the same as if no resolution had    
been received from the other ,house2 but
  7ii7 the vote on final passage shall  
be on the resolution of the other       
,house4  7#b7 ,upon disposition of the  
resolution received from the other      
,house1 it shall no longer be in order  
to consider the resolution that         
originated in the receiving ,house4  7f7
 ,rules of the senate and house ,this   
section is enacted by ,congress--  7#a7 
as an exercise of the rulemaking power  
of the ,senate and ,house of            
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such it is deemed a part of the rules of
 each ,house1 respectively1 but         
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of a resolution described in
 subsection 7a71 and it supersedes other

 rules only to the extent that it is    
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7#b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4  #e4 ,definition   
,in this ,act1 the term executive agency
 has the meaning provided in section    
#acc of title #da1 ,united ,states      
,code4