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Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution

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What This Bill Does

This resolution changes the House of Representatives' rules to create a new committee called the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. The committee will research federal programs, determine which ones are underperforming or unnecessary, and recommend which ones should be changed or eliminated.

Who It Affects

Members of the House of Representatives (specifically those appointed to the new committee), and potentially federal agencies that run programs the committee studies.

Key Provisions

- The committee will research, review and study federal programs that are underperforming or nonessential, and determine which ones should be modified or eliminated. (Sec. 2(b)(1)) - The committee must submit at least once a year reports listing underperforming or nonessential federal programs, along with legislation to eliminate those programs. (Sec. 2(b)(3)) - The committee will have 17 members total: four members from the Appropriations Committee, four from the Budget Committee, four from Oversight and Reform, four from Ways and Means, one chair appointed by the Speaker, and one vice chair appointed by the minority leader. (Sec. 2(c)(4)(A)) - Any bill or resolution reported by the committee must wait seven days before the House can vote to consider it, debate is limited to 10 hours total, and no amendments are allowed. (Sec. 2(d)) - The committee will cease to exist at the end of the 120th Congress. (Sec. 2(a))

What Changes

House rules will be amended to officially establish this new committee with specific powers and procedures. The committee becomes a formal part of House operations with required annual reporting and fast-track procedures for its legislation.

Important Definitions

The bill does not explicitly define what makes a program "underperforming" or "nonessential."

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 29 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 11, 2023 Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. BICE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CURTIS, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Flor- ida, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. NORMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Non- essential Federal Programs. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Finding Federal 3 Savings Committee Resolution’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR29.IH HR29 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 29 IH SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF NON- 1 ESSENTIAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 2 (a) Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 3 Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs 4 (f) through (t) as paragraphs (g) through (u) and by in- 5 serting after paragraph (e) the following new paragraph: 6 ‘‘(f) Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs 7 ‘‘Modification or elimination of underper- 8 forming or nonessential Federal programs. 9 The committee shall cease to exist at the close of the 10 120th Congress.’’. 11 (b) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 12 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol- 13 lowing new paragraph: 14 ‘‘(g) The Committee on the Elimination of Non- 15 essential Federal Programs shall— 16 ‘‘(1)(A) research, review, and study Federal 17 programs that are underperforming or nonessential; 18 and 19 ‘‘(B) determine which Federal programs should 20 be modified or eliminated; 21 ‘‘(2) develop recommendations to the House for 22 action designed to modify or eliminate underper- 23 forming or nonessential Federal programs; and 24 ‘‘(3) submit to the House— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR29.IH HR29 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 29 IH ‘‘(A) at least once a year, reports includ- 1 ing— 2 ‘‘(i) a detailed statement of the find- 3 ings and conclusions of the Committee; 4 and 5 ‘‘(ii) a list of underperforming or non- 6 essential Federal programs; and 7 ‘‘(B) legislation to eliminate the programs 8 described in section subdivision (ii) and rescis- 9 sions based on the findings of the report de- 10 scribed in subdivision (i).’’. 11 (c) Clause 5(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 12 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 13 following new paragraph: 14 ‘‘(4)(A) The Committee on the Elimination of Non- 15 essential Federal Programs shall be composed of members 16 as follows: 17 ‘‘(i) Four members from the Committee on Ap- 18 propriations. 19 ‘‘(ii) Four members from the Committee on the 20 Budget. 21 ‘‘(iii) Four members from the Committee on 22 Oversight and Reform. 23 ‘‘(iv) Four members from the Committee on 24 Ways and Means. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR29.IH HR29 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HRES 29 IH ‘‘(v) One member who does not serve on any of 1 committees described in items (i) through (iv), who 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker and designated by 3 the Speaker as the Chair of the Committee. 4 ‘‘(vi) One member who does not serve on any 5 of committees described in items (i) through (iv), 6 who shall be appointed by the minority leader and 7 designated by the minority leader as the Vice Chair 8 of the Committee. 9 ‘‘(B) The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee 10 shall not be from the same political party. 11 ‘‘(C) Of the members appointed from each of the four 12 committees listed in subdivision (A), two shall be from the 13 minority party.’’. 14 (d) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa- 15 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 16 clause: 17 ‘‘Expedited procedures for legislation reported by 18 the Committee on the Elimination of Non- 19 essential Federal Programs 20 ‘‘12. With respect to any bill or resolution reported 21 by the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Fed- 22 eral Programs, the following shall apply: 23 ‘‘(a) After the expiration of the 7-day period 24 (excluding any day on which the House is not in ses- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR29.IH HR29 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HRES 29 IH sion) that begins on the date the Committee reports 1 the bill or resolution, it is in order to move to pro- 2 ceed to the consideration of the bill or resolution. 3 The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable, 4 an amendment to the motion is not in order, and it 5 is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by 6 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 7 ‘‘(b) Debate on the bill or resolution shall be 8 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 9 divided equally between those favoring and those op- 10 posing the bill or resolution. A motion to further 11 limit debate is not debatable. 12 ‘‘(c) An amendment to, or motion to recommit, 13 the bill or resolution is not in order, and it is not 14 in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 15 bill or resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR29.IH HR29 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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