,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjac  
,mrs4 ,bustos 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 establish the            
,independent ,government ,waste         
,reduction ,board4  #a4 ,short title2   
table of contents  7a7 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,government ,waste ,reduction ,act of   
#bjac4  7b7 ,table of contents ,the     
table of contents for this ,act is as   
follows3  ,sec4 #a4 ,short title2 table 
of contents4 ,sec4 #b4 ,establishment of
 ,board4 ,sec4 #c4 ,duties of the       
,board4 ,sec4 #d4 ,powers of the ,board4
 ,sec4 #e4 ,board personnel matters4    

,sec4 #f4 ,congressional consideration  
of ,board recommendations4 ,sec4 #g4    
,termination of the ,board4  #b4        
,establishment of ,board  7a7           
,establishment ,there is established the
 ,independent ,government ,waste        
,reduction ,board 7hereafter in this    
,act referred to as the ,board74  7b7   
,membership  7#a7 ,in general  7,a7     
,appointment ,the ,board shall be       
composed of #ae members appointed by the
 ,president1 by and with the advice and 
consent of ,congress4  7,b7             
,qualifications ,the members of the     
,board shall include individuals with   
national recognition for their expertise
 in agencies1 efficiency1 waste         
reduction1 finance and economics1       
actuarial sciences1 who provide a mix of
 different professionals1 broad         
geographic representation1 and a balance
 between urban and rural                
representatives4  7,c7 ,ethical         
disclosure ,the ,president shall        
establish a system for public disclosure

 by members of the ,board of financial  
and other potential conflicts of        
interest relating to such members4      
,members of the ,board shall be treated 
as officers in the executive branch for 
purposes of applying title ,i of the    
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh    
7,public ,law #ie-eba74  7,d7 ,conflicts
 of interest ,no individual may serve as
 a member of the ,board if that         
individual engages in any other         
business1 vocation1 or employment4  7,e7
 ,consultation with ,congress ,in       
selecting individuals for nominations   
for appointments to the ,board1 the     
,president shall consult with--  7i7 the
 majority leader of the ,senate         
concerning the appointment of #c        
members2  7ii7 the ,speaker of the      
,house of ,representatives concerning   
the appointment of #c members2  7iii7   
the minority leader of the ,senate      
concerning the appointment of #c        
members2 and  7iv7 the minority leader  
of the ,house of ,representatives       

concerning the appointment of #c        
members4  7#b7 ,term of office ,each    
member shall hold office for the        
duration of the ,board4  7#c7           
,chairperson  7,a7 ,in general ,the     
,chairperson shall be appointed by the  
,president1 by and with the advice and  
consent of the ,senate1 from among the  
members of the ,board4  7,b7 ,duties    
,the ,chairperson shall be the principal
 executive officer of the ,board1 and   
shall exercise all of the executive and 
administrative functions of the ,board1 
including functions of the ,board with  
respect to--  7i7 the appointment and   
supervision of personnel employed by the
 ,board2  7ii7 the distribution of      
business among personnel appointed and  
supervised by the ,chairperson and among
 administrative units of the ,board2 and
  7iii7 the use and expenditure of      
funds4  7,c7 ,governance ,in carrying   
out any of the functions under          
subparagraph 7,b71 the ,chairperson     
shall be governed by the general        

policies established by the ,board and  
by the decisions1 findings1 and         
determinations the ,board shall by law  
be authorized to make4  7,d7 ,requests  
for appropriations ,requests or         
estimates for regular1 supplemental1 or 
deficiency appropriations on behalf of  
the ,board may not be submitted by the  
,chairperson without the prior approval 
of a majority vote of the ,board4  7#d7 
,removal ,any member may be removed by  
the ,president for neglect of duty or   
malfeasance in office1 but for no other 
cause4  7c7 ,vacancies2 ,quorum2 ,seal2 
,vice ,chairperson2 ,voting on ,reports 
7#a7 ,vacancies ,no vacancy on the      
,board shall impair the right of the    
remaining members to exercise all the   
powers of the ,board4  7#b7 ,quorum ,a  
majority of the members of the ,board   
shall constitute a quorum for the       
transaction of business1 but a lesser   
number of members may hold hearings4    
7#c7 ,seal ,the ,board shall have an    
official seal1 of which judicial notice 

shall be taken4  7#d7 ,vice ,chairperson
 ,the ,board shall elect a ,vice        
,chairperson to act in the absence or   
disability of the ,chairperson or in    
case of a vacancy in the office of the  
,chairperson4  7#e7 ,voting on proposals
 ,any proposal of the ,board must be    
approved by the majority of members     
present4  #c4 ,duties of the ,board  7a7
 ,submission of report ,not later than  
one year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,board shall submit  
to ,congress and the ,president a report
 that advises specific implementation of
 the recommendations from the ,march    
#bjaa ,government ,accountability       
,office report to ,congress1 entitled   
,opportunities to ,reduce ,potential    
,duplication in ,government ,programs1  
,save ,tax ,dollars1 and ,enhance       
,revenue 7,,gao-#aa-cah,,sp7 and the    
,february #bjab ,government             
,accountability ,office report to       
,congress1 entitled ,opportunities to   
,reduce ,duplication1 ,overlap and      

,fragmentation1 ,achieve ,savings1 and  
,enhance ,revenue 7,,gao-#ab-cdb,,sp7   
and shall include--  7#a7 a summary of  
the recommendations2  7#b7 an           
explanation of each recommendation      
contained in the report and the reasons 
for including such recommendation2  7#c7
 an opinion by the ,government          
,accountability ,office on whether each 
recommendation is consistent with the   
intent of such ,government              
,accountability ,office reports2  7#d7 a
 legislative proposal that implements   
the recommendations2 and  7#e7 other    
information determined appropriate by   
the ,board4  7b7 ,recommendations       
requirements  7#a7 ,requirements ,each  
recommendation in the report submitted  
under subsection 7a7--  7,a7 shall      
result in a decrease of overall         
,government spending or an increase of  
,government revenue2 and  7,b7 shall not
 result in--  7i7 any cut in benefits   
for veterans1 members of the ,armed     
,forces1 or their families2 or  7ii7 any

 cut in benefits for seniors1           
including--  7,i7 the elimination of    
guaranteed health insurance benefits for
 seniors or people with disabilities2   
7,,ii7 the conversion of ,medicare into 
a voucher plan that provides limited    
payments to seniors or people with      
disabilities to purchase health care in 
the private health insurance market2    
7,,iii7 cuts in ,medicaid health        
insurance benefits2  7,,iv7 cuts in     
nursing home care2 or  7,v7             
privatization of ,social ,security      
benefits4  7#b7 ,consultation with other
 agencies ,the ,board shall consult     
regularly with the ,government          
,accountability ,office and other       
agencies in making the recommendations  
required under this section4  #d4       
,powers of the ,board  7a7 ,hearings    
,the ,board may hold such hearings1 sit 
and act at such times and places1 take  
such testimony1 and receive such        
evidence as the ,board considers        
advisable to carry out this ,act4  7b7  

,obtaining official data ,the ,board may
 secure directly from any department or 
agency information necessary to enable  
it to carry out this section4 ,upon     
request of the ,chairperson1 the head of
 that department or agency shall furnish
 that information to the ,board on an   
agreed upon schedule4  7c7 ,postal      
,services ,the ,board may use the       
,united ,states mails in the same manner
 and under the same conditions as other 
agencies of the ,federal ,government4   
7d7 ,gifts ,the ,board may accept1 use1 
and dispose of gifts or donations of    
services or property4  7e7 ,offices ,the
 ,board shall maintain a principal      
office and such field offices as it     
determines necessary1 and may meet and  
exercise any of its powers at any other 
place4  #e4 ,board personnel matters    
7a7 ,compensation of ,members and       
,chairperson ,each member of the ,board1
 other than the ,chairperson1 shall be  
compensated at a rate equal to the      
annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 

level ,,iii of the ,executive ,schedule 
under section #ecae of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code4 ,the ,chairperson shall 
be compensated at a rate equal to the   
daily equivalent of the annual rate of  
basic pay prescribed for level ,,ii of  
the ,executive ,schedule under section  
#ecae of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code4  7b7 ,travel ,expenses ,the      
members of the ,board shall be allowed  
travel expenses1 including per diem in  
lieu of subsistence1 at rates authorized
 for employees of agencies under        
subchapter ,i of chapter #eg of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 while away   
from their homes or regular places of   
business in the performance of services 
for the ,board4  7c7 ,staff  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the ,chairperson may1 without  
regard to the civil service laws and    
regulations1 appoint and terminate an   
executive director and such other       
additional personnel as may be necessary
 to enable the ,board to perform its    
duties4 ,the employment of an executive 

director shall be subject to            
confirmation by the ,board4  7#b7       
,compensation ,the ,chairperson may fix 
the compensation of the executive       
director and other personnel without    
regard to chapter #ea and subchapter    
,,iii of chapter #ec of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code1 relating to      
classification of positions and ,general
 ,schedule pay rates1 except that the   
rate of pay for the executive director  
and other personnel may not exceed the  
rate payable for level ,v of the        
,executive ,schedule under section #ecaf
 of such title4  7d7 ,detail of         
,government ,employees ,any ,federal    
,government employee may be detailed to 
the ,board without reimbursement1 and   
such detail shall be without            
interruption or loss of civil service   
status or privilege4  7e7 ,procurement  
of ,temporary and ,intermittent         
,services ,the ,chairperson may procure 
temporary and intermittent services     
under section #caji7;b7 of title #e1    

,united ,states ,code1 at rates for     
individuals which do not exceed the     
daily equivalent of the annual rate of  
basic pay prescribed for level ,v of the
 ,executive ,schedule under section     
#ecaf of such title4  #f4 ,congressional
 consideration of ,board recommendations
  7a7 ,introduction  7#a7 ,in general   
,on the day on which the report is      
submitted by the ,board to the ,congress
 under section #c7;a71 the legislative  
proposal 7described in section          
#c7;a77#d77 contained in the report     
shall be introduced 7by request7 in the 
,senate by the majority leader of the   
,senate or by ,members of the ,senate   
designated by the majority leader of the
 ,senate and shall be introduced 7by    
request7 in the ,house by the majority  
leader of the ,house or by ,members of  
the ,house designated by the majority   
leader of the ,house4  7#b7 ,not in     
session ,if either ,house is not in     
session on the day on which such        
legislative proposal is submitted1 the  

legislative proposal shall be introduced
 in that ,house1 as provided in         
subparagraph 7,a71 on the first day     
thereafter on which that ,house is in   
session4  7#c7 ,any member ,if the      
legislative proposal is not introduced  
in either ,house within #e days on which
 that ,house is in session after the day
 on which the legislative proposal is   
submitted1 then any ,member of that     
,house may introduce the legislative    
proposal4  7#d7 ,referral ,the          
legislation introduced under this       
subsection in the ,house of             
,representatives shall be referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives4 ,the legislation      
introduced under this subsection in the 
,senate shall be referred to the        
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate4  
7b7 ,discharge ,if the committee to     
which a legislative proposal described  
in subsection 7a7 is referred has not   

reported the bill containing such       
proposal by the end of the #bj-;day     
period beginning on the date on which   
the ,board submits the report to        
,congress under section #c7;a71 such    
committee shall be1 at the end of such  
period1 discharged from further         
consideration of such bill1 and such    
bill shall be placed on the appropriate 
calendar of the ,house involved4  7c7   
,expedited consideration  7#a7          
,consideration ,on or after the third   
day after the date on which the         
committee to which such a bill is       
referred has reported1 or has been      
discharged 7under subsection 7b77 from  
further consideration of1 such a bill1  
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 bill4 ,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 bill was referred4 ,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 bill is agreed to1 
the respective ,house shall immediately 
proceed to consideration of the bill    
without intervening motion1 order1 or   
other business1 and the bill shall      
remain the unfinished business of the   
respective ,house until disposed of4    
7#b7 ,debate ,debate on the bill1 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 bill4   
,an amendment to the bill 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   
bill is not in order4 ,a motion to      
reconsider the vote by which the bill is
 agreed to or disagreed to is not in    
order4  7#c7 ,vote on final passage     
,immediately following the conclusion of
 the debate on the bill 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 bill shall
 occur4  7#d7 ,appeals ,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 the bill shall be decided   
without debate4  7d7 ,consideration by  
other ,house  7#a7 ,before passage ,if1 
before the passage by one ,house of a   
bill of that ,house described in        
subsection 7b71 that ,house receives    
from the other ,house a bill described  
in subsection 7b71 then the following   
procedures shall apply--  7,a7 the bill 
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,b77ii72 and  
7,b7 with respect to a bill described in
 subsection 7b7 of the ,house receiving 
the bill 7i7 the procedure in that      
,house shall be the same as if no bill  
had been received from the other ,house2
 but 7ii7 the vote on final passage     
shall be on the bill of the other       
,house4  7#b7 ,after passage ,upon      
disposition of the bill received from   
the other ,house1 it shall no longer be 

in order to consider the bill that      
originated in the receiving ,house4  7e7
 ,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 bill described in      
subsection 7b71 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  7f7 ,calendar day 
defined ,in this section1 the term      
calendar day means a calendar day other 
than one on which either ,house is not  

in session because of an adjournment of 
more than three days to a date certain4 
#g4 ,termination of the ,board ,the     
,board shall terminate #abj days after  
the date on which the ,board submits the
 report under section #c7;a74