,,ii #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #abca ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,june #bf1 #bjac ,mr4 ,manchin 7for himself and ,ms4 ,ayotte7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of #bjaj to create an expedited procedure to enact recommendations of the ,government ,accountability ,office for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,the ,duplication ,elimination ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,expedited ,consideration of ,,gao ,recommendations ,title ,,ii of the joint resolution entitled ,a joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt 7,public ,law #aaa-aci2 #ba ,u4,s4,c4 #gab note7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #bb4 ,expedited ,consideration of ,,gao ,recommendations 7a7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the term ,,gao report means the annual report on duplication1 consolidation1 and elimination of duplicative government programs required under section #ba2 and 7#b7 the term joint resolution means only a joint resolution that-- 7,a7 makes legislative changes needed to carry out the recommendations contained in the ,,gao report for a year that the ,president did not exclude2 and 7,b7 requires that any savings attributable to the legislative changes described in subparagraph 7,a7 be transferred to the ,general ,fund of the ,treasury and be used to reduce the deficit4 7b7 ,submission of proposed bill 7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij days after the date of the publication of the ,,gao report for a year1 the ,president shall transmit to ,congress a special message accompanied by a proposed joint resolution4 7#b7 ,contents of ,special ,message ,a special message shall specify-- 7,a7 recommendations outlined in the ,,gao report that are excluded from the proposed joint resolution2 7,b7 in detail why the recommendations outlined in the ,,gao report were excluded from the proposed joint resolution2 and 7,c7 recommendations outlined in the ,,gao report that are included in the proposed joint resolution4 7#c7 ,transmittal ,the ,president shall submit the special message to the ,secretary of the ,senate if the ,senate is not in session and to the ,clerk of the ,house of ,representatives if the ,house is not in session4 7#d7 ,public ,availability ,the ,president shall make a copy of the special message and the proposed joint resolution publicly available1 and shall publish in the ,federal ,register a notice of the message and information on how it can be obtained4 7c7 ,procedures for ,expedited ,consideration 7#a7 ,introduction ,a proposed joint resolution transmitted by the ,president under subsection 7b7 shall be introduced in the ,senate 7by request7 on the next day on which the ,senate is in session by the majority leader of the ,senate or by a ,member of the ,senate designated by the majority leader of the ,senate and shall be introduced in the ,house of ,representatives 7by request7 on the next legislative day by the majority leader of the ,house or by a ,member of the ,house designated by the majority leader of the ,house4 7#b7 ,no referral ,a joint resolution shall not be referred to a committee in either ,house of ,congress and shall immediately be placed on the calendar4 7#c7 ,motion to proceed ,a motion to proceed to a joint resolution is highly privileged in the ,house of ,representatives and is privileged in the ,senate and is not debatable4 ,the motion is not subject to a motion to postpone1 and all points of order against the motion are waived4 ,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 a joint resolution is agreed to1 the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the respective ,house until disposed of4 7#d7 ,expedited ,consideration in the ,house of ,representatives ,in the ,house of ,representatives1 a joint resolution shall be considered as read4 ,all points of order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are waived4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without intervening motion except #b hours of debate shall be divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or their designees4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order4 ,a vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall be taken in the ,house of ,representatives on or before the close of the tenth calendar day after the date of the introduction of the joint resolution in the ,house of ,representatives4 7#e7 ,expedited ,procedure in the ,senate 7,a7 ,consideration ,in the ,senate1 consideration of a joint resolution1 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith1 shall be limited to not more than #aj hours1 which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or their designees4 ,a motion to further limit debate is in order and not debatable4 ,an amendment to1 a motion to postpone1 a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business1 or a motion to commit the joint resolution is not in order4 7,b7 ,passage ,if the ,senate has proceeded to a joint resolution1 the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall occur immediately following the conclusion of consideration of the joint resolution1 and a single quorom call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the ,senate4 ,a vote on the final passage of the joint resolution shall be taken in the ,senate on or before the close of the tenth calendar day after the date of the introduction of the joint resolution in the ,senate4 7,c7 ,rulings of the ,chair on ,procedure ,appeals from the decisions of the ,chair relating to the application of the rules of the ,senate1 as the case may be1 to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall be decided without debate4 7#f7 ,points of ,order ,in the ,senate or the ,house of ,representatives1 a ,member of the ,senate or ,house of ,representatives1 respectively1 may raise a point of order that a joint resolution does not meet the definition of a joint resolution under subsection 7b74 7#g7 ,amendment ,a joint resolution shall not be subject to amendment in either the ,house of ,representatives or the ,senate4 7#h7 ,consideration by the other ,house 7,a7 ,in ,general ,if1 before passing a joint resolution1 one ,house receives from the other a joint resolution-- 7i7 the joint resolution from the other ,house shall not be referred to a committee2 and 7ii7 with respect to a joint resolution of the ,house receiving the joint resolution-- 7,i7 the procedure in that ,house shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other ,house until the vote on passage2 but 7,,ii7 the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other ,house4 7,b7 ,revenue ,measure ,exception ,this paragraph shall not apply to the ,house of ,representatives if the joint resolution received from the ,senate is a revenue measure4 7#i7 ,rules of ,house of ,representatives and ,senate ,this subsection is enacted by congress-- 7,a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking power in 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 joint resolution1 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 manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that ,house4 4