EASY Savings Act of 2013

Summary: Employees of America Streamlining for Your Savings Act of 2013 or the EASY Savings Act of 2013 - Expands the awards program for disclosures by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement that result in cost savings to the employee's agency to include identification of surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority. Directs that any savings resulting from the identification of such funds or budget authority be deposited in the Treasury and used to reduce a budget deficit or the federal debt.  Prohibits the payment of awards to: (1) the head of an agency; (2) federal officers who serve in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule, and (3) a voting member of an independent establishment.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employees of America Streamlining 
for Your Savings Act of 2013'' or the ``EASY Savings Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE CASH AWARDS TO EMPLOYEES FOR 
              COST SAVING DISCLOSURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4512 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``or identification of surplus funds or 
                unnecessary budget authority'' after ``mismanagement'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or 
                identification'' after ``disclosure''; and
                    (C) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
                inserting ``or identification'' after ``disclosure''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) The Inspector General of an agency or other agency employee 
designated under subsection (b) shall refer to the Chief Financial 
Officer of the agency any potential surplus funds or unnecessary budget 
authority identified by an employee under subsection (a), along with 
any recommendations of the Inspector General or other agency employee.
    ``(d)(1) If the Chief Financial Officer of an agency determines 
that rescission of potential surplus funds or unnecessary budget 
authority, identified by an employee under subsection (a), would not 
hinder the effectiveness of the agency, the head of the agency shall 
transfer the amount of the surplus funds or unnecessary budget 
authority from the applicable appropriations account to the general 
fund of the Treasury, except as provided in subsection (e).
    ``(2) Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) shall not apply to transfers under 
paragraph (1).
    ``(3) Any amounts transferred under paragraph (1) shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that 
in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal budget 
deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce the Federal debt, in such 
manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate.
    ``(e) The head of an agency may retain not more than 10 percent of 
any amounts which (but for this subsection) would otherwise be 
transferred to the general fund of the Treasury under subsection (d), 
representing surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority identified 
by an employee under this section, for the purpose of paying a cash 
award to such employee in accordance with subsection (a).
    ``(f)(1) The head of each agency shall submit to the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management an annual report regarding--
            ``(A) each disclosure of fraud, waste, or mismanagement or 
        identification of surplus funds or unnecessary budget 
        authority, made under subsection (a) by an employee of the 
        agency, which is determined by the agency to have merit;
            ``(B) the total savings achieved through disclosures and 
        identifications described in subparagraph (A); and
            ``(C) the number and amount of cash awards by the agency 
        under subsection (a).
    ``(2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office an annual 
report on Federal cost saving and awards based on the reports under 
paragraph (1).
    ``(3) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall--
            ``(A) ensure that the cash award program of each agency 
        complies with this section; and
            ``(B) submit to Congress an annual certification indicating 
        whether the cash award program of each agency complies with 
        this section.
    ``(g)(1) The head of each agency shall include the information 
described in subsection (f)(1) in each budget request of the agency 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget as part of the 
preparation of the budget of the President submitted to Congress under 
section 1105(a) of title 31.
    ``(2) Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the 
EASY Savings Act of 2013, and every 3 years thereafter, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress a report on the operation of the cost 
savings and awards program under this section, including 
recommendations for any legislative changes which the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate.''.
    (b) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4509 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 4509. Prohibition of cash award to certain officers
    ``(a) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `agency' 
refers to any agency within the meaning of section 551(1) or 4501(1).
    ``(b) Prohibition.--An officer may not receive a cash award under 
this subchapter if such officer--
            ``(1) is the head of an agency;
            ``(2) serves in--
                    ``(A) a position under section 5312 (relating to 
                positions at level I of the Executive Schedule); or
                    ``(B) a position for which the compensation is set 
                in statute by reference to section 5312 or level I of 
                the Executive Schedule; or
            ``(3) is a voting member of an independent 
        establishment.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The analysis for chapter 45 of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
        relating to section 4509 and inserting the following:

``4509. Prohibition of cash award to certain officers.''.