Consideration of commission recommendations

(a) Submission of proposed joint resolution Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Commission submits a report to Congress under section 201(f)(3), the Commission shall transmit to Congress a proposed joint resolution consisting of legislative language to implement the recommendations contained in such report. (b) Requirements for preparation of proposed joint resolution (1) Consultation with Congress (A) In general The Commission may not transmit a proposed joint resolution under subsection (a) until after the Co-Chairpersons of the Commission complete consultation with Congress in accordance with this paragraph. (B) Consultation with committees The Co-Chairpersons shall consult with the chairman and ranking minority member of each relevant committee of the Senate or of the House of Representatives regarding the contents of a proposed joint resolution. (C) Requirements for consultation The consultation required under subparagraph (B) shall provide the opportunity for the chairman and ranking member of each relevant committee of the Senate or of the House of Representatives to provide— (i) recommendations for alternative means of addressing the recommendations contained in the Commission report; and (ii) recommendations regarding which recommendations contained in the Commission report should not be addressed in the proposed joint resolution. (D) Relevant committees The relevant committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives for purposes of this paragraph shall be— (i) determined by the Co-Chairpersons; and (ii) based on the content of the proposed joint resolution. (2) Consultation with GAO and CBO The Co-Chairpersons shall prepare a proposed joint resolution transmitted under subsection (a) in consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. (c) Contents of special message A joint resolution transmitted under subsection (a) shall— (1) specify recommendations outlined in the Commission report that are excluded from the proposed joint resolution; (2) detail why the recommendations described in paragraph (1) were excluded from the proposed joint resolution; (3) specify recommendations outlined in the Commission report that are included in the proposed joint resolution; and (4) identify programs included in the Commission report that should be eliminated or consolidated. (d) Transmittal The Co-Chairpersons shall submit the joint resolution to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session and to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if the House is not in session. (e) Public availability The Co-Chairpersons shall make a copy of the proposed joint resolution publicly available, including publicly available on a website of the Commission, and shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the message and information on how it can be obtained.