Sunset Inefficient and Unaccountable Government Act

Summary: Sunset Inefficient and Unaccountable Government Act This bill requires the abolishment of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, the Interior, the Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation on specified dates of between 2 years and 11 years after enactment of this Act or every 10 years thereafter, and of any other agency about which Congress has not passed a concurrent resolution disapproving abolishment during the previous 10 years, unless a disapproval of such abolishment is enacted prior to the date of the agency's scheduled abolishment.  The head of each agency which is scheduled to be abolished must: (1) take necessary actions to dispose of the assets, obligations, and liabilities of the agency during the one-year period that begins on the date of abolishment; and (2) report to Congress on the roles and responsibilities of the agency, detailing the agency's justification for existence, including areas where the duties of the agency may overlap with the duties of other agencies. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sunset Inefficient and Unaccountable 
Government Act''.

SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Each agency listed in subsection (c) shall be 
abolished on the date set forth in subsection (c), unless a Federal law 
disapproving of the abolishment of the agency is enacted before such 
date.
    (b) Effect of Abolishment.--When an agency is abolished under this 
Act, the head of such agency may take such actions as are necessary to 
dispose of the assets, obligations, and liabilities of the agency 
during the one-year period that begins on the date of such abolishment.
    (c) Schedule for Abolishment.--
            (1) Agriculture.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of Agriculture.
                    (B) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
                        House of Representatives.
            (2) Commerce.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of Commerce.
                    (B) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
                        of the House of Representatives.
                    (C) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Small Business of 
                        the House of Representatives.
                    (D) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                        Government Reform of the House of 
                        Representatives.
            (3) Education.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 4 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of Education.
                    (B) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                        Workforce of the House of Representatives.
            (4) Energy.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 5 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of Energy.
                    (B) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                        Commerce of the House of Representatives.
                    (C) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
                        and Technology of the House of Representatives.
            (5) Health and human services.--The date of abolishment 
        referred to in subsection (a) is 6 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act for the Department of Health and Human 
        Services.
            (6) Housing and urban development; judiciary.--The date of 
        abolishment referred to in subsection (a) is 7 years after the 
        date of enactment of this Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development.
                    (B) Any other agency, other than the Department of 
                Justice--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
                        the House of Representatives.
            (7) Labor.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 8 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the Department of Labor.
            (8) Interior.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 9 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of the Interior.
                    (B) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
                        of the House of Representatives.
            (9) Treasury; veterans affairs.--The date of abolishment 
        referred to in subsection (a) is 10 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) Any office of the Department of the Treasury.
                    (B) Any other agency, other than the Department of 
                the Treasury--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
                        the House of Representatives.
                    (C) The Department of Veterans Affairs.
                    (D) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
                        of the House of Representatives.
            (10) Transportation; armed services; foreign affairs; 
        homeland security.--The date of abolishment referred to in 
        subsection (a) is 11 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act for the following agencies:
                    (A) The Department of Transportation.
                    (B) Any other agency--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
                    (C) Any other agency, except the Department of 
                Defense--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Armed Services of 
                        the House of Representatives.
                    (D) Any other agency, except the Department of 
                State--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                        the House of Representatives.
                    (E) Any other agency, except the Department of 
                Homeland Security--
                            (i) about which Congress has not passed a 
                        concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                        abolishment of such agency during the previous 
                        10 years; and
                            (ii) whose authorizing legislation was 
                        referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        of the House of Representatives.
                    (F) Any other agency, except the Department of 
                Defense, the Department of State, the Department of 
                Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the 
                Department of the Treasury, about which Congress has 
                not passed a concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
                abolishment of such agency within the last 10 years.
    (d) Future Dates.--On the date that is 10 years after each date 
listed in subsection (c) for the abolishment of an agency, and every 10 
years thereafter, if such agency exists, such agency shall be 
abolished.

SEC. 3. SELF-REVIEW OF AGENCIES.

    Not later 1 year before the date on which an agency is scheduled to 
be abolished pursuant to section 2(a), the head of such agency shall 
submit to Congress a report on the roles and responsibilities of the 
agency detailing the agency's justification for existence, including 
areas where the duties of the agency may overlap with the duties of 
other agencies.

SEC. 4. AGENCY DEFINED.

    The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term ``Executive 
agency'' in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.