,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gga  #aahth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#hcjb  ,report ,no4 #aah-hjj1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjbd ,mr4  
,davidson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meuser1   
,mr4 ,donalds1 and ,mr4 ,garbarino7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services1 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 
,december #e1 #bjbd ,reported from the  
,committee on ,financial ,services with 
an amendment ,strike out all after the  
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,december #e1 #bjbd  
,referral to the ,committee on ,rules   
extended for a period ending not later  
than ,december #ai1 #bjbd  ,december    
#ai1 #bjbd ,committee on ,rules         
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 

of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed    
,for text of introduced bill1 see copy  
of bill as introduced on ,may #h1 #bjbd 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a commission to
 review the programs of the ,department 
of ,housing and ,urban ,development and 
make recommendations for legislative    
reforms1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,hud ,evaluation and ,optimization 
,commission ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,,hud   
,evaluation and ,optimization           
,commission  7a7 ,establishment ,there  
is established a commission to be known 
as the ,,hud ,evaluation and            
,optimization ,commission 7in this ,act 
referred to as the ,commission74  7b7   
,members  7#a7 ,in general ,the         
,commission shall be composed of #d     
members1 appointed not later than #cj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 as follows3 7,a7 ,one member 
shall be appointed by the ,speaker of   
the ,house of ,representatives4  7,b7   

,one member shall be appointed by the   
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives4  7,c7 ,one member     
shall be appointed by the majority      
leader of the ,senate4  7,d7 ,one member
 shall be appointed by the minority     
leader of the ,senate4  7#b7            
,prohibition on lobbyists ,an individual
 may not be appointed as a member of the
 ,commission if the individual was      
registered as a lobbyist under the      
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 at any time    
during the #e-year period ending on the 
date of the appointment4  7c7 ,terms    
,each member shall be appointed for the 
life of the ,commission4 ,any vacancy in
 the ,commission shall not affect its   
powers1 but shall be filled not later   
than #ad days after the date on which   
the vacancy occurs in the same manner as
 the original appointment4  7d7         
,chairperson and vice chairperson  7#a7 
,election ,the members of the           
,commission shall elect a ,chairperson  

and a ,vice ,chairperson from among the 
members of the ,commission4  7#b7       
,absence of chairperson ,the ,vice      
,chairperson shall serve as the         
,chairperson in the absence of the      
,chairperson4  7e7 ,compensation  7#a7  
,in general ,each member of the         
,commission shall be compensated at a   
rate equal to the daily equivalent of   
the annual rate of basic pay for level  
,,iv of the ,executive ,schedule under  
section #ecad of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 for each day 7including  
travel time7 during which such member is
 engaged in the performance of the      
duties of the ,commission4  7#b7 ,travel
 expenses ,each member may be allowed   
travel expenses1 including per diem in  
lieu of subsistence1 in accordance with 
applicable provisions under subchapter  
,i of chapter #eg of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7f7 ,meetings  7#a7     
,initial meeting ,not later than #cj    
days after the date on which all members
 of the ,commission have been appointed1

 the ,commission shall hold the initial 
meeting of the ,commission4  7#b7       
,subsequent meetings ,the ,commission   
shall meet-- 7,a7 at least once each    
month2 and  7,b7 at the call of the     
,chairperson or the majority of the     
members of the ,commission4  7g7 ,quorum
 ,a majority of the voting members shall
 constitute a quorum1 but a lesser      
number may hold meetings approved       
pursuant to subsection 7f77#b74  7h7    
,voting ,the ,commission shall act only 
on an affirmative vote of a majority of 
the members of the ,commission4  7i7    
,federal ,advisory ,committee ,act      
,chapter #aj of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et    
seq42 relating to ,federal ,advisory    
,committees71 shall not apply to the    
,commission4  #c4 ,duties  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,commission shall review   
and determine-- 7#a7 the number1 design1
 complexity1 utilization1 authorization 
or lack thereof1 and potential overlap  
of the current programs administered by 

the ,department of ,housing and ,urban  
,development 7in this ,act referred to  
as the ,department72  7#b7 the level of 
effectiveness of the ,department and its
 programs1 including identifying how    
best to optimize the effectiveness of   
each area of review1 to more effectively
 meet the ,department's mission while   
reducing waste and mismanagement2 and   
7#c7 the extent to which housing costs  
are driving inflation and how to reduce 
inflation in the cost of housing4  7b7  
,analysis and recommendations ,the      
,commission shall analyze the potential 
performance and cost-efficiency benefits
 that could be achieved through a       
reorganization of the ,department1      
including consolidation and realignment 
of its programs1 and shall make         
recommendations regarding-- 7#a7 changes
 to the ,department's organizational    
structure to better serve program       
participants1 protect taxpayers1 and    
create operational efficiencies2  7#b7  
improvements in the processes that the  

,department can execute to better       
fulfill its statutory obligations and   
mission to provide decent1 safe1        
sanitary1 and affordable housing2  7#c7 
the reduction of fragmentation and      
overlap between various ,department     
programs and between programs of the    
,department and programs of other       
,federal agencies1 and enhanced program 
utilization2  7#d7 technology-based     
solutions to allow programs to operative
 more efficiently and effectively and to
 better serve eligible program          
participants2  7#e7 quantitative and    
qualitative measures of the             
effectiveness of programs that provide  
housing for extremely low-1 very low-1  
low-1 and moderate-income individuals   
and families2  7#f7 reforms the         
,department can undertake to prevent1 to
 the maximum extent possible1 a         
disruptive loss of benefits by program  
participants who experience income      
growth that may otherwise disqualify    
them from such benefits 7commonly       

referred to as a benefits cliff7 or1    
conversely1 that may disqualify         
participants with lower incomes         
marginally in excess of program         
requirements2  7#g7 ways to improve the 
social and economic outcomes for program
 participants1 including actions the    
,department can take to mitigate health 
and safety risks to program participants
 and to foster economic mobility and    
opportunity2  7#h7 improvements to      
enhance transparency1 oversight1 and    
public accountability2 and  7#i7 any    
such other action that would optimize   
the effectiveness of the ,department or 
its programs4  7c7 ,reports  7#a7       
,initial report ,not later than #i      
months after the date of its initial    
meeting1 the ,commission may submit to  
the ,congress an initial report         
containing its analysis and preliminary 
recommendations under subsections 7a7   
and 7b74  7#b7 ,final report ,not later 
than #ah months after the date of its   
initial meeting and upon an affirmative 

vote of a majority of the members of the
 ,commission1 the ,commission shall     
submit to the ,congress and make        
publicly available a final report       
containing--  7,a7 a detailed statement 
of the findings1 conclusions1 and       
recommendations of the ,commission under
 subsections 7a7 and 7b72  7,b7 a       
statement of the assumptions1 scenarios1
 and alternatives considered in reaching
 such findings1 conclusions1 and        
recommendations2  7,c7 proposed         
legislative language for                
reauthorization1 consolidation1         
expiration1 termination1 or elimination 
of programs consistent with the final   
report2  7,d7 any additional views or   
recommendations of individual           
,commission members with attribution and
 in a separate section of the report2   
7,e7 a summary of the ,commission's     
meetings1 hearings1 and activities2     
7,f7 a final accounting of the funds the
 ,commission received and expended2 and 
7,g7 any other information that the     

,commission considers to be appropriate4
  #d4 ,staff and outside services  7a7  
,appointment and compensation of staff  
,the ,chairperson of the ,commission may
 appoint and fix the compensation of a  
staff director and such other employees 
as may be necessary to enable the       
,commission to carry out its functions1 
without regard to the provisions of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1        
governing appointments in the           
competitive service1 but at rates not to
 exceed the annual rate of basic pay for
 level ,v of the ,executive ,schedule4  
7b7 ,agency assistance ,upon the request
 of the ,chairperson1 the head of any   
agency may detail an employee of the    
agency to the ,commission without       
reimbursement1 and such detail shall be 
without interruption or loss of civil   
service status or privilege4  7c7       
,consultant1 temporary1 and intermittent
 services ,the ,chairperson may procure 
the services of experts and consultants 
and temporary and intermittent services 

in accordance with section #caji7;b7 of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate paid
 of pay for a position at level ,v of   
the ,executive ,schedule for each day   
during which such consultant or expert  
is engaged in the performance of the    
duties of the ,commission4  #e4 ,powers 
7a7 ,hearings ,the ,commission may1 for 
the purpose of carrying out this ,act-- 
7#a7 hold such hearings1 sit and act at 
such times and places1 take testimony1  
receive evidence1 and administer oaths  
as the ,commission considers            
appropriate2 and  7#b7 require1 by      
subpoena or otherwise1 the attendance   
and testimony of such witnesses and the 
production of any evidence the          
,commission considers advisable to carry
 out its duties4  7b7 ,information from 
,federal agencies ,the ,commission may  
request directly1 or require by subpoena
 or otherwise1 from any ,federal agency 
such information as the ,commission     

considers necessary to carry out its    
duties4 ,upon a request of the          
,chairperson of the ,commission1 the    
head of a ,federal agency shall furnish 
such information to the ,commission4    
7c7 ,issuance and enforcement of        
subpoenas  7#a7 ,issuance ,subpoenas    
issued under subsection 7a7 or 7b7 shall
 bear the signature of the ,chairperson 
of the ,commission and shall be served  
by any person or class of persons       
designated by the ,chairperson for that 
purpose4  7#b7 ,enforcement ,in the case
 of contumacy or failure to obey a      
subpoena issued under subsection 7a7 or 
7b71 the ,united ,states district court 
for the judicial district in which the  
subpoenaed person resides1 is served1 or
 may be found may issue an order        
requiring such person to appear at any  
designated place to testify or to       
produce documentary or other evidence4  
,any failure to obey the order of the   
court may be punished by the court as a 
contempt of that court4  7d7 ,witness   

allowances and fees ,section #ahba of   
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall 
apply to witnesses requested or         
subpoenaed to appear at any hearing of  
the ,commission4 ,the per diem and      
mileage allowances for witnesses shall  
be paid from funds available to pay the 
expenses of the ,commission4  7e7       
,information from ,congressional ,budget
 ,office and ,office of ,management and 
,budget ,the ,commission may secure     
directly from the ,congressional ,budget
 ,office and ,office of ,management and 
,budget such information1 including     
estimates and analysis1 as the          
,commission considers advisable to carry
 out its duties4 ,upon request of the   
,chairperson of the ,commission1 the    
,director of the ,congressional ,budget 
,office or ,office of ,management and   
,budget shall furnish such information1 
including estimates and analysis1 to the
 ,commission4  7f7 ,support from        
,library of ,congress ,upon the request 
of the ,commission1 the ,librarian of   

,congress shall provide to the          
,commission1 on a reimbursable basis1   
administrative support services1        
research services1 and research staff   
necessary for the ,commission to carry  
out its responsibilities under this     
,act4  #f4 ,expedited consideration of  
proposed legislative language from final
 report  7a7 ,introduction ,upon        
submission of the final report required 
under section #c7;c77#b71 the proposed  
legislative language for                
reauthorization1 expiration1            
termination1 or elimination of programs 
required by section #c7;c77#b77;,c7     
shall be introduced in the ,house of    
,representatives 7by request7 within the
 next #e legislative days by the        
majority leader of the ,house or by a   
,member of the ,house designated by the 
majority leader of the ,house and shall 
be introduced in the ,senate 7by        
request7 within the next #e legislative 
days 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 ,senate4  
,in this section such a bill is referred
 to as a ,commission bill4  7b7         
,consideration in the ,house of         
,representatives  7#a7 ,referral and    
reporting ,the ,committee on ,financial 
,services and any other committee of the
 ,house of ,representatives to which the
 ,commission bill is referred shall     
report it to the ,house without         
amendment not later than #fj days after 
its introduction4 ,if a committee fails 
to report the ,commission bill within   
that period1 it shall be in order to    
move that the ,house discharge the      
committee from further consideration of 
the bill4 ,such a motion shall not be in
 order after the last committee         
authorized to consider the bill reports 
it to the ,house or after the ,house has
 disposed of a motion to discharge the  
bill4 ,the previous question shall be   
considered as ordered on the motion to  
its adoption without intervening motion 

except #bj minutes of debate equally    
divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent4 ,if such a motion is   
adopted1 the ,house shall proceed       
immediately to consider the ,commission 
bill in accordance with paragraphs 7#b7 
and 7#c74 ,a motion to reconsider the   
vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order4  7#b7 ,proceeding
 to consideration ,after the last       
committee authorized to consider a      
,commission bill reports it to the      
,house or has been discharged 7other    
than by motion7 from its consideration1 
it shall be in order to move to proceed 
to consider the ,commission bill in the 
,house4 ,such a motion shall not be in  
order after the ,house has disposed of a
 motion to proceed with respect to the  
,commission bill4 ,the previous question
 shall be considered as ordered on the  
motion to its adoption without          
intervening motion4 ,a motion to        
reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order4   

7#c7 ,consideration ,the ,commission    
bill shall be considered as read4 ,all  
points of order against the ,commission 
bill and against its consideration are  
waived4 ,the previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the ,commission
 bill to its passage without intervening
 motion except #b hours of debate       
equally divided and controlled by the   
proponent and an opponent and one motion
 to limit debate on the ,commission     
bill4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote  
on passage of the ,commission bill shall
 not be in order4  7#d7 ,vote on passage
 ,the vote on passage of the ,commission
 bill shall occur not later than #ab    
months after the final report required  
under section #c7;c77#b7 is submitted to
 the ,congress4  7c7 ,consideration in  
the ,senate  7#a7 ,committee            
consideration ,a ,commission bill       
introduced in the ,senate under         
subsection 7a7 shall be jointly referred
 to the committee or committees of      
jurisdiction1 which committees shall    

report the bill without any revision and
 with a favorable recommendation1 an    
unfavorable recommendation1 or without  
recommendation1 not later than #fj days 
after its introduction4 ,if any         
committee fails to report the bill      
within that period1 that committee shall
 be automatically discharged from       
consideration of the bill1 and the bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate      
calendar4  7#b7 ,motion to proceed      
,notwithstanding ,rule ,,xxii of the    
,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 it is  
in order1 not later than #b days of     
session after the date on which a       
,commission bill is reported or         
discharged from all committees to which 
it was referred1 for the majority leader
 of the ,senate or the majority leader's
 designee to move to proceed to the     
consideration of the ,commission bill4  
,it shall also be in order for any      
,member of the ,senate to move to       
proceed to the consideration of the     
,commission bill at any time after the  

conclusion of such #b-;day period4 ,a   
motion to proceed is in order even      
though a previous motion to the same    
effect has been disagreed to4 ,all      
points of order against the motion to   
proceed to the ,commission bill are     
waived4 ,the motion to proceed is not   
debatable4 ,the motion is not subject to
 a motion to postpone4 ,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 ,commission    
bill is agreed to1 the ,commission bill 
shall remain the unfinished business    
until disposed of4  7#c7 ,consideration 
,all points of order against the        
,commission bill and against            
consideration of the ,commission bill   
are waived4 ,consideration of the       
,commission bill and of all debatable   
motions and appeals in connection       
therewith shall not exceed a total of   
#cj hours which shall be divided equally
 between the ,majority and ,minority    

,leaders or their designees4 ,a motion  
further to limit debate on the          
,commission bill is in order1 shall     
require an affirmative vote of a        
majority of the ,members duly chosen and
 sworn1 and is not debatable4 ,any      
debatable motion or appeal is debatable 
for not to exceed #a hour1 to be divided
 equally between those favoring and     
those opposing the motion or appeal4    
,all time used for consideration of the 
,commission bill1 including time used   
for quorum calls and voting1 shall be   
counted against the total #cj hours of  
consideration4  7#d7 ,no amendments ,an 
amendment to the ,commission bill1 or a 
motion to postpone1 or a motion to      
proceed to the consideration of other   
business1 or a motion to recommit the   
,commission bill1 is not in order4  7#e7
 ,vote on passage ,if the ,senate has   
voted to proceed to the ,commission     
bill1 the vote on passage of the        
,commission bill shall occur immediately
 following the conclusion of the debate 

on a ,commission bill1 and a single     
quorum call at the conclusion of the    
debate if requested4 ,the vote on       
passage of the ,commission bill shall   
occur not later than #ab months after   
the final report required under section 
#c7;c77#b7 is submitted to the          
,congress4  7#f7 ,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 ,commission bill shall be 
decided without debate4  7d7 ,amendment 
,the ,commission bill shall not be      
subject to amendment in either the      
,house of ,representatives or the       
,senate4  7e7 ,consideration by other   
house  7#a7 ,in general ,if1 before     
passing the ,commission bill1 one ,house
 receives from the other a ,commission  
bill--  7,a7 the ,commission bill of the
 other ,house shall not be referred to a
 committee2 and  7,b7 the procedure in  
the receiving ,house shall be the same  

as if no ,commission bill had been      
received from the other ,house until the
 vote on passage1 when the ,commission  
bill received from the other ,house     
shall supplant the ,commission bill of  
the receiving ,house4  7#b7 ,revenue    
measure ,this subsection shall not apply
 to the ,house of ,representatives if   
the ,commission bill received from the  
,senate is a revenue measure4  7f7      
,rules to coordinate action with other  
house  7#a7 ,treatment of commission    
bill of other house ,if the ,senate     
fails to introduce or consider a        
,commission bill under this section1 the
 ,commission bill of the ,house shall be
 entitled to expedited floor procedures 
under this section4  7#b7 ,treatment of 
companion measures in the ,senate ,if   
following passage of the ,commission    
bill in the ,senate1 the ,senate then   
receives the ,commission bill from the  
,house of ,representatives1 the         
,house-passed ,commission bill shall not
 be debatable4 ,the vote on passage of  

the ,commission bill in the ,senate     
shall be considered to be the vote on   
passage of the ,commission bill received
 from the ,house of ,representatives4   
7#c7 ,vetoes ,if the ,president vetoes  
the ,commission bill1 debate on a veto  
message in the ,senate under this       
section shall be #a hour equally divided
 between the majority and minority      
leaders or their designees4  7g7 ,loss  
of privilege ,the provisions of this    
section shall cease to apply to the     
,commission bill if-- 7#a7 the          
,commission fails to produce the final  
report required under section #c7;c77#b7
 within #bj months from the date of     
enactment of this ,act2 or  7#b7 the    
,commission bill does not pass either   
,house4  #g4 ,termination ,the          
,commission shall terminate #cj days    
after submitting the final report       
pursuant to section #c7;c77#b74         
,december #ai1 #bjbd ,committee on      
,rules discharged2 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  

,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed