,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #diaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjah,mr4 ,smucker introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,budget1 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 a ,joint ,commission on       
,budget ,process ,reform4  #a4 ,short   
title2 purpose  7a7 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,joint         
,commission on ,budget ,process ,reform 
,act of #bjah4  7b7 ,purpose ,the       
purpose of this ,act is to establish a  
,joint ,commission on ,budget ,process  
,reform4  #b4 ,the ,joint ,commission on
 ,budget ,process ,reform  7a7          
,establishment ,there is established is 
an independent commission to be known as
 the ,joint ,commission on ,budget      

,process ,reform 7hereafter referred to 
as the joint commission74  7b7 ,duties  
,the joint commission shall carry out   
the following duties3 7#a7 ,studying    
procedures on the budget and ,federal   
expenditures4  7#b7 ,conducting at least
 four public hearings to examine        
potential budget process reforms before 
dissolution of the joint commission4    
7#c7 ,seeking recommendations from      
economists1 experts1 ,members of        
,congress1 ,federal agencies1           
educational institutions1 ,state        
legislatures1 and private organizations 
on ways to reform the congressional     
budget process4  7#d7 ,drafting a bill  
that amends the ,congressional ,budget  
and ,impoundment ,control ,act of #aigd 
7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fba et seq474  7#e7      
,submitting a report to each ,house of  
,congress containing the bill it        
recommends and such other matters it    
deems appropriate4  7c7 ,contents of    
report ,the joint commission shall      
examine the following issues and include

 a summary of its findings respecting   
those issues in the report required     
under subsection 7b77#e73  7#a7         
,potential changes and enforcement tools
 to ensure an on-time completion of the 
congressional budget process4  7#b7     
,procedures to address mandatory        
spending levels4  7#c7 ,the impact of   
instituting long-term debt limits4  7#d7
 ,procedures to increase inclusiveness  
and transparency in the congressional   
budget process4  7#e7 ,the feasibility  
of a balanced budget amendment4  7#f7   
,the impact of a binding congressional  
budget4  7#g7 ,the need to reauthorize  
the ,congressional ,budget ,office in an
 effort to provide greater assistance to
 the ,house and ,senate ,budget         
,committees4  7#h7 ,the feasibility of  
changing the fiscal year from ,october  
#ast to ,january #ast so it aligns with 
the calendar year4  7#i7 ,the           
examination of whether or not there     
should be term limits for members to    
serve on the ,budget ,committees of the 

,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate4  7#aj7 ,the efficiency of      
annual budgeting in comparison to       
biennial budgeting4  7d7 ,appointment   
7#a7 ,the joint commission shall be     
composed of the following #bc members3  
7,a7 ,the chair of the ,committee on the
 ,budget of the ,house of               
,representatives4  7,b7 ,the ranking    
member of the ,committee on the ,budget 
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7,c7
 ,the chair of the ,committee on the    
,budget of the ,senate4  7,d7 ,the      
ranking member of the ,committee on the 
,budget of the ,senate4  7,e7 ,the chair
 of the ,committee on ,appropriations of
 the ,house of ,representatives4  7,f7  
,the ranking member of the ,committee on
 ,appropriations of the ,house of       
,representatives4  7,g7 ,the chair of   
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,senate4  7,h7 ,the ranking member of  
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,senate4  7,i7 ,the chair of the       
,committee on ,ways and ,means of the   

,house of ,representatives4  7,j7 ,the  
ranking member of the ,committee on     
,ways and ,means of the ,house of       
,representatives4  7,k7 ,the chair of   
the ,committee on ,finance of the       
,senate4  7,l7 ,the ranking member of   
the ,committee on ,finance of the       
,senate4  7,m7 ,the ,director of the    
,office of ,management and ,budget4     
7,n7 ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury4  
7,o7 ,the ,comptroller ,general4  7,p7  
,two ,members of ,congress nominated by 
the ,speaker of the ,house of           
,representatives4  7,q7 ,two ,senators  
nominated by the ,majority ,leader4     
7,r7 ,two ,members nominated by the     
,minority ,leader of the ,house of      
,representatives4  7,s7 ,two ,senators  
nominated by the ,minority ,leader of   
the ,senate4  7#b7 ,the nominees shall  
be appointed not later than #cj days    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  7#c7 ,each member shall be       
appointed for the duration of the       
commission4 ,a vacancy in the joint     

commission shall not affect the power of
 the remaining members to execute the   
functions of the joint commission4 ,a   
vacancy shall be filled in the manner in
 which the original appointments were   
made4  7e7 ,chair ,the joint commission 
at its first meeting shall elect a      
member of the commission who is a       
legislator to serve as chair of the     
joint commission4  7f7 ,director of     
staff ,the chair of the ,joint          
,commission on ,budget ,process ,reform 
shall appoint a ,director1 who shall be 
paid at the rate of basic pay payable   
for level ,,iv of the ,executive        
,schedule under section #ecae of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7g7 ,staff  
7#a7 ,the ,staff ,director1 with the    
approval of the commission1 the         
,director may appoint and fix the pay of
 additional personnel4  7#b7 ,upon the  
request of the ,director of ,staff1 the 
head of any ,federal department or      
agency may detail any of the personnel  
of that department or agency to the     

,commission to assist the commission in 
carrying out its duties under this ,act4
  7#c7 ,the following restrictions      
relating to the personnel of the        
,commission shall apply to the staff of 
the commission3  7,a7 ,there may not be 
more than #ae persons on the staff at   
one time4  7,b7 ,the ,director may      
employ and fix the compensation of such 
staff as the chair considers necessary4 
7h7 ,experts and consultants ,the joint 
commission 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 for a          
comparable position paid under the      
,general ,schedule4  7i7 ,timeline  7#a7
 ,the ,commission shall hold its first  
meeting within #cj days after the date  
of enactment of this ,act4  7#b7 ,the   
,commission shall hold meetings at the  
call of the chair of the joint          
commission4  7j7 ,funding ,there is     

authorized to be appropriated #hjj1jjj  
to the joint commission to carry out its
 duties4  7k7 ,travel ,the travel       
expenses of members of the joint        
commission and staff shall be paid for  
from appropriated funds4 ,staff and     
members of the joint commission shall   
abide by the ,government travel rules   
set forth by the ,committee on ,house   
,administration of the ,house of        
,representatives4  #c4 ,congressional   
consideration of reform proposals  7a7  
,introduction2 ,referral2 and ,report or
 ,discharge  7#a7 ,introduction ,on the 
first calendar day on which both ,houses
 are in session1 on or immediately      
following the date on which the report  
containing the bill it recommends is    
submitted to ,congress under section #b1
 a single bill shall be introduced 7by  
request7--  7,a7 in the ,senate by the  
majority leader of the ,senate1 for     
himself and the minority leader of the  
,senate1 or by ,members of the ,senate  
designated by the majority leader and   

minority leader of the ,senate2 and     
7,b7 in the ,house of ,representatives  
by the ,speaker of the ,house of        
,representatives1 for himself and the   
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives1 or by ,members of the 
,house of ,representatives designated by
 the ,speaker and minority leader of the
 ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7      
,referral ,the implementation bills     
introduced under paragraph 7#a7 shall be
 referred to any appropriate committee  
of jurisdiction in the ,senate and any  
appropriate committee of jurisdiction in
 the ,house of ,representatives4 ,a     
committee to which an implementation    
bill is referred under this paragraph   
may report such bill to the respective  
,house without amendment4  7#c7 ,report 
or discharge ,if a committee to which an
 implementation bill is referred has not
 reported such bill by the end of the   
#aeth calendar day after the date of the
 introduction of such bill1 such        
committee shall be immediately          

discharged from further consideration of
 such bill1 and upon being reported or  
discharged from the committee1 such bill
 shall be placed on the appropriate     
calendar4  7b7 ,floor ,consideration    
7#a7 ,in general ,when the committee to 
which an implementation bill is referred
 has reported1 or has been discharged   
under subsection 7a77#c71 it is at any  
time thereafter 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            
implementation bill1 and all points of  
order against the implementation bill   
7and against consideration of the       
implementation bill7 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     
implementation bill is agreed to1 the   
implementation bill shall remain the    
unfinished business of the respective   
,house until disposed of4  7#b7         
,amendments ,an implementation bill may 
not be amended in the ,senate or the    
,house of ,representatives4  7#c7       
,debate ,debate on the implementation   
bill1 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  
those favoring and those opposing the   
resolution4 ,a motion further to limit  
debate is in order and not debatable4   
,an amendment to1 or a motion to        
postpone1 or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business1 or a   
motion to recommit the implementation   
bill is not in order4 ,a motion to      
reconsider the vote by which the        

implementation bill is agreed to or     
disagreed to is not in order4  7#d7     
,vote on final passage ,immediately     
following the conclusion of the debate  
on an implementation bill1 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           
implementation bill shall occur4  7#e7  
,rulings of the chair on procedure      
,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 an        
implementation bill shall be decided    
without debate4  7c7 ,coordination ,with
 ,action by ,other ,house ,if1 before   
the passage by one ,house of an         
implementation bill of that ,house1 that
 ,house receives from the other ,house  
an implementation bill1 then the        
following procedures shall apply3  7#a7 
,nonreferral ,the implementation bill of

 the other ,house shall not be referred 
to a committee4  7#b7 ,vote on bill of  
other house ,with respect to an         
implementation bill of the ,house       
receiving the implementation bill--     
7,a7 the procedure in that ,house shall 
be the same as if no implementation bill
 had been received from the other       
,house2 but  7,b7 the vote on final     
passage shall be on the implementation  
bill of the other ,house4  7d7 ,rules of
 the ,senate and the ,house of          
,representatives ,this section is       
enacted by ,congress--  7#a7 as an      
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,senate and the ,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 an implementation bill   
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  #d4  
,termination and disposition of records 
7a7 ,termination ,the joint commission  
shall terminate not later than the      
earlier of-- 7#a7 #b years after the    
date of enactment of this ,act2 or  7#b7
 the date upon which the bill referred  
to in section #b7;b77#d7 is signed into 
law by the ,president4  7b7 ,disposition
 of records ,upon termination of the    
joint commission1 its records shall     
become the records of the ,committees on
 the ,budget of the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,senate4