Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Government Operations

3 to the same impoundment shall be referred to the same 4 committee) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker 5 of the House of Representatives, as the case may be. 6 (d) (1) If the committee to which has been referred a 7 resolution with respect to an impoundment has not reported 8 it before the expiration of ten calendar days after its in9 troduction (or, in the case of a resolution received from the 10 other House, ten calendar days after its receipt), it shall then 11 (but not before) be in order to move either to discharge the 12 committee from further consideration of such resolution, or to discharge the committee from further consideration of any other resolution with respect to such impoundment which has been referred to the committee.

(2) Such motion may be made only by a person favoring the resolution, shall be highly privileged (except that 18 it may not be made after the committee has reported a 19 resolution with respect to the same impoundment), and debate thereon shall be limited to not to exceed one hour,

to be equally divided between those favoring and those

opposing the resolution. No amendment to such motion shall

be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to re24 consider the vote by which such motion is agreed to or

(3) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed

2 to, such motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion

to discharge the committee be made with respect to any 4 other resolution with respect to the same impoundment. 5 (e) (1) When the committee has reported, or has been 6 discharged from further consideration of, a resolution with 7 respect to an impoundment, it shall at any time thereafter 8 be in order (even though a previous motion to the same 9 effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 10 consideration of such resolution. Such motion shall be highly 11 privileged and shall not be debatable. No amendment to 12 such motion shall be in order and it shall not be in order to 13 move to reconsider the vote by which such motion is agreed 14 to or disagreed to.

(2) Debate on the resolution shall be limited to not 16 to exceed ten hours, which shall be equally divided between 17 those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion 18 further to limit debate shall not be debatable. No amend19 ment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution shall be in 20 order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider 21 the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. 22 (f) (1) All motions to postpone, made with respect 23 to the discharge from committee, or the consideration of, a 24 resolution with respect to an impoundment, and all motions 25 to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be 26 decided without debate.

1 (2) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relat2 ing to the application of the rules of the Senate or the 3 House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the pro

cedure relating to a resolution with respect to an impoundment shall be decided without debate.

(g) If, prior to the passage by one House of a resolu

tion of that House with respect to an impoundment, such House receives from the other House a resolution with 9 respect to the same impoundment, then

(1) If no resolution of the first House with respect

to such impoundment has been referred to the committee, no other resolution with respect to the same impoundment may be reported or (despite the provisions

of subsection (d) (1)) be made the subject of a motion to discharge.

(2) If a resolution of the first House with respect to such impoundment has been referred to committee(A) the procedure with respect to that or other resolutions of such House with respect to such impoundment which have been referred to commit

tee shall be the same as if no resolution from the

other House with respect to such impoundment had been received; but

(B) on any vote on final passage of a resolu

tion of the first House with respect to such im

poundment the resolution from the other House

with respect to such impoundment shall be auto

matically substituted for the resolution of the first House.

5 TITLE V-THREE-YEAR LIMITATION ON AUTHOR

IZATIONS FOR APPROPRIATIONS; CONGRES

SIONAL REVIEW OF MAJOR EXPENDITURE
PROGRAMS

SEC. 501. (a) All provisions of law in effect on the date 10 of the enactment of this Act which authorize appropriations 11 for any major expenditure program for a period of more than three fiscal years, beginning with the first fiscal year which commences after such date, shall cease to be effective

at the end of the third fiscal year commencing after such date.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any major expenditure program funded in whole or major part by user taxes.

SEC. 502. (a) (1) During the period prescribed in subsection (b), cach committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives which has jurisdiction to report legislation authorizing appropriations for a major expenditure program shall conduct a comprehensive review and study of such program and shall submit a report thereon to the Senate or the

House, as the case may be. In conducting such review and study, the committee shall receive testimony and evidence in hearings open to the public.

(2) Prior to the beginning of the period during which 2 any committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives 3 is to conduct a comprehensive review and study of a major 4 expenditure program, the head of the department or agency 5 of the Government which administers the program (or any 6 part thereof) shall submit to the committee a cost-benefit 7 analysis of the program.

8 (b) The period referred to in subsection (a) for the 9 review and study of a major expenditure program is the 10 last fiscal year for which appropriations are authorized for 11 such program.

12 (c) Insofar as possible, the committees of the Senate 13 and the House of Representatives which have jurisdiction over a major expenditure program shall conduct the review

and study required by subsection (a) at the same time. Such committees may conduct the open hearings required by such subsection jointly.

(d) The report of a committee on a review and study of a major expenditure program shall contain a cost-benefit

analysis of the program and the committee's evaluation of 21 the overall success or failure of the program, and shall in

clude (but not be limited to) the following matters-

(1) Whether the program objectives are still relevant.

(2) Whether the program has adhered to the original and intended purpose.

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