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Title VI — Congressional action

S. 18 · 113th Congress · Feb 27, 2013 · Lineage

VI Congressional action

Sec. 601 Congressional action on a budget resolution

Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—
(1)
striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: “After April 15 and unless the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been adopted for the budget year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment or motion thereto, or conference report thereon. This section may be waived or suspended for an emergency by a vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.”;
(2)
striking subsections (b) and (c); and
(3)
by striking its section heading and inserting the following new section heading: “consideration of legislation before budget is adopted”.

Sec. 602 Preventing duplicative and overlapping government programs

(a)
Reported legislation— Paragraph 11 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (c), by striking “and (b)” and inserting “(b), and (c)”;
(2)
by redesignating subparagraph (c) and subparagraph (d); and
(3)
by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following:

“(c) The report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of a public character reported by any committee (including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall contain—

“(1) an analysis by the Congressional Research Service to determine if the bill or joint resolution creates any new Federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or overlap any existing Federal program, office, or initiative with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities along with a listing of all of the overlapping or duplicative Federal program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives; and

“(2) an explanation provided by the committee as to why the creation of each new program, office, or initiative is necessary if a similar program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives already exist.”

(b)
Senate— Rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:

“6. (a) It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed to any bill or joint resolution unless the committee of jurisdiction has prepared and posted on the committee website an overlapping and duplicative programs analysis and explanation for the bill or joint resolution as described in subparagraph (b) prior to proceeding.

“(b) The analysis and explanation required by this subparagraph shall contain—

“(1) an analysis by the Congressional Research Service to determine if the bill or joint resolution creates any new Federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or overlap any existing Federal program, office, or initiative with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities along with a listing of all of the overlapping or duplicative Federal program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives; and

“(2) an explanation provided by the committee as to why the creation of each new program, office, or initiative is necessary if a similar program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives already exist.

“(c) This paragraph may be waived by joint agreement of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate upon their certification that such waiver is necessary as a result of—

“(1) a significant disruption to Senate facilities or to the availability of the Internet; or

“(2) an emergency as determined by the leaders.”