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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 3243 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to help rebuild and renew rural communities, and for other purposes. · Sec. 202

Sec. 202. Reducing excessive Government in rural America

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In this section— the term cost to rural America with respect to a rule, means all costs incurred by, and expenditures required of, individuals and entities located in a rural area in complying with the rule; the term joint resolution means a joint resolution— reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the House of Representatives in accordance with subsection (b)(3); which does not have a preamble; the title of which is as follows: Joint resolution relating to repeal of costly rules for rural America. ; the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows:
That the following rules shall have no force or effect: _______. , the blank space being filled in with the list of major rules affecting rural America recommended to be repealed under subsection
(b)by the committees of the House in which the joint resolution is reported; and that will result in a reduction of the cost to rural America of all rules of not less than 10 percent during the 10-fiscal-year period beginning with the next full fiscal year; the term major rule affecting rural America means a rule having or likely to result in an annual cost to rural America of not less than $100,000,000; the term rule has the meaning given that term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code; and the term rural area means an area that— has a population of not less than 200 individuals and not more than 25,000 individuals; and is not located with a metropolitan statistical area which has a population of more than 200,000 individuals. Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, each committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of its House a list of the rules that— are within the jurisdiction of the committee; the committee determines are major rules affecting rural America; and the committee recommends should be repealed. In determining whether to recommend repealing major rules affecting rural America within its jurisdiction, a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall consider— whether the major rule affecting rural America achieved, or has been ineffective in achieving, the original purpose of the major rule affecting rural America; any adverse effects that could materialize if the major rule affecting rural America is repealed, in particular if those adverse effects are the reason the major rule affecting rural America was originally enacted; whether the costs of the major rule affecting rural America outweigh any benefits of the major rule affecting rural America to the United States; whether the major rule affecting rural America has become obsolete due to changes in technology, economic conditions, market practices, or any other factors; and whether the major rule affecting rural America overlaps with another rule. The Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, upon receiving recommendations from all relevant committees under paragraph (1), shall report to its House a joint resolution carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision, if the committee determines the joint resolution meets the requirement under subsection (a)(2)(E). Upon a joint resolution being reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, or upon receipt of a joint resolution from the Senate, the joint resolution shall be placed immediately on the calendar. It shall be in order, not later than 60 days after the date on which a joint resolution is reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, to move to proceed to consider a joint resolution in the House of Representatives. For a motion to proceed to consider a joint resolution— all points of order against the motion are waived; such a motion shall not be in order after the House of Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed to the joint resolution; the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion; the motion shall not be debatable; and a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. The House of Representatives shall establish rules for consideration of a joint resolution in the House of Representatives. Upon a joint resolution being reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, or upon receipt of a joint resolution from the House of Representatives, the joint resolution shall be placed immediately on the calendar. Notwithstanding rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later than 60 days after the date on which a joint resolution is reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution. For a motion to proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution— all points of order against the motion are waived; the motion is not debatable; the motion is not subject to a motion to postpone; a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order; and if the motion is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business until disposed of. If the Senate proceeds to consideration of a joint resolution— all points of order against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived; consideration of the joint resolution, and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or their designees; a motion to postpone or a motion to commit the joint resolution is not in order; and a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business is not in order. No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of a joint resolution shall be considered. Notwithstanding clause
(i)or any other rule, an amendment or series of amendments to a joint resolution shall always be in order if such amendment or series of amendments proposes to repeal a major rule affecting rural America that would result in a decrease in the total cost to rural America of all rules during the 10-fiscal-year period beginning with the next full fiscal year. The vote on passage shall occur immediately following the conclusion of the consideration of a joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate. Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of this subsection or the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall be decided without debate. If the President vetoes the joint resolution, consideration of a veto message in the Senate under this section shall be not more than 2 hours equally divided between the majority and minority leaders or their designees. This subsection is enacted by Congress— as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution, and supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. A major rule affecting rural America shall cease to have force or effect if Congress enacts a joint resolution repealing the major rule affecting rural America. A rule that ceases to have force or effect under paragraph
(1)may not be reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule that is substantially the same as such a rule may not be issued, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the joint resolution repealing the original rule.
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