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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 

To require the head of each executive agency to submit a report on the 

implementation of Government Accountability Office reports on reducing 

duplication, achieving savings, and enhancing revenue within the Federal 

Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2013 

Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. RENACCI, and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To require the head of each executive agency to submit 

a report on the implementation of Government Accountability Office reports on reducing duplication, achieving 

savings, and enhancing revenue within the Federal Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spending Reduction 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCY REPORTS ON REDUC2 ING DUPLICATION, ACHIEVING SAVINGS, AND 

3 ENHANCING REVENUE. 

4 (a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 

6 each executive agency shall submit to the President and 

7 Congress a report on the implementation of recommenda8 tions made by the following reports of the Government Ac9 countability Office: 

10 (1) The March 2011 Government Account11 ability Office report to Congress titled ‘‘Opportuni12 ties to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government 

13 Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Rev14 enue’’ (GAO–11–318SP). 

15 (2) The February 2012 Government Account16 ability Office report to Congress titled ‘‘Opportuni17 ties to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmenta18 tion, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue’’ 

19 (GAO–12–342SP). 

20 (3) The April 2013 Government Accountability 

21 Office report to Congress titled ‘‘Actions Needed to 

22 Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication 

23 and Achieve Other Financial Benefits’’ (GAO–13– 

24 279SP). 

25 (b) MATTERS COVERED IN REPORTS.—Each report 

26 required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 


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1 (1) A discussion by the head of the executive 

2 agency of matters on which the agency agrees, dis3 agrees, or partially agrees with the Government Ac4 countability Office, and recommendations by the 

5 head of the agency for actions that should be taken 

6 in the agency as a result of the reports described in 

7 subsection (a). 

8 (2) An opinion by the Comptroller General of 

9 the United States on whether each such rec10 ommendation by the head of the executive agency 

11 under paragraph (1) is consistent with the intent of 

12 the Government Accountability Office reports de13 scribed in subsection (a). 

14 (3) A proposal for legislative changes, if any, 

15 necessary to implement the recommendations by the 

16 head of the executive agency under paragraph (1). 

17 (4) A statement of the annual impact on costs 

18 to the Federal Government, including cost savings, 

19 expected to occur as a result of the implementation 

20 of such recommendations. 

21 (5) Such other information as the head of the 

22 executive agency determines appropriate. 

23 SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. 

24 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 150 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 


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1 each executive agency shall begin to implement the rec2 ommendations submitted in the report by the head of that 

3 agency under section 2, in order to eliminate, consolidate, 

4 streamline, or better coordinate Government programs 

5 and agencies with duplicative, overlapping, or fragmented 

6 missions identified in the Government Accountability Of7 fice reports described in section 2(a). 

8 (b) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 

9 (1) The head of an executive agency may not 

10 carry out any recommendations contained in the re11 port submitted to Congress under section 2 by the 

12 head of the agency if a joint resolution is enacted, 

13 in accordance with the provisions of section 4, dis14 approving such recommendations before the earlier 

15 of— 

16 (A) the end of the 45-day period beginning 

17 on the date on which the head of the executive 

18 agency submits such report; or 

19 (B) the adjournment of Congress sine die 

20 for the session during which such report is sub21 mitted. 

22 (2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this sub23 section and subsections (a) and (b) of section 4, the 

24 days on which either House of Congress is not in 

25 session because of an adjournment of more than 


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1 three days to a day certain shall be excluded in the 

2 computation of a period. 

3 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE 

4 AGENCY REPORT. 

5 (a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 

6 section 3(b), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a 

7 joint resolution which is introduced within the 10-day pe8 riod beginning on the date on which the head of an execu9 tive agency submits the report relating to that executive 

10 agency to Congress under section 2, and— 

11 (1) which does not have a preamble; 

12 (2) the matter after the resolving clause of 

13 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves the 

14 recommendations as submitted by lllll on 

15 lllll’’, the first blank space being filled in 

16 with the title of the head of the executive agency 

17 submitting the report, and the second blank space 

18 being filled in with the appropriate date; and 

19 (3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso20 lution disapproving the recommendations of the 

21 llllll.’’, the blank space being filled in with 

22 the title of the head of the executive agency submit23 ting the report. 

24 (b) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection 

25 (a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives 


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1 shall be referred to the committee with jurisdiction over 

2 the executive agency concerned. A resolution described in 

3 subsection (a) introduced in the Senate shall be referred 

4 to the committee with jurisdiction over the executive agen5 cy concerned. 

6 (c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu7 tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re8 ported such a resolution (or an identical resolution) by the 

9 end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which 

10 the head of the executive agency concerned submits the 

11 report to the Congress under section 2, such committee 

12 shall be, at the end of such period, discharged from fur13 ther consideration of such resolution, and such resolution 

14 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House 

15 involved. 

16 (d) CONSIDERATION.—(1) On or after the third day 

17 after the date on which the committee to which such a 

18 resolution is referred has reported, or has been discharged 

19 (under subsection (c)) from further consideration of, such 

20 a resolution, it is in order (even though a previous motion 

21 to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member 

22 of the respective House to move to proceed to the consider23 ation of the resolution. A Member may make the motion 

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1 tention to make the motion, except that, in the case of 

2 the House of Representatives, the motion may be made 

3 without such prior announcement if the motion is made 

4 by direction of the committee to which the resolution was 

5 referred. All points of order against the resolution (and 

6 against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The 

7 motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 

8 and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 

9 motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to 

10 postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration 

11 of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 

12 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

13 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 

14 of the resolution is agreed to, the respective House shall 

15 immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolu16 tion without intervening motion, order, or other business, 

17 and the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of 

18 the respective House until disposed of. 

19 (2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable 

20 motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be lim21 ited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided 

22 equally between those favoring and those opposing the res23 olution. An amendment to the resolution is not in order. 

24 A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debat25 able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 


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1 consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 

2 the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 

3 vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to 

4 is not in order. 

5 (3) Immediately following the conclusion of the de6 bate on a resolution described in subsection (a) and a sin7 gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re8 quested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate 

9 House, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall 

10 occur. 

11 (4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 

12 to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House 

13 of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 

14 relating to a resolution described in subsection (a) shall 

15 be decided without debate. 

16 (e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(1) If, be17 fore the passage by one House of a resolution of that 

18 House described in subsection (a), that House receives 

19 from the other House a resolution described in subsection 

20 (a), then the following procedures shall apply: 

21 (A) The resolution of the other House shall not 

22 be referred to a committee and may not be consid23 ered in the House receiving it except in the case of 

24 final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii). 


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1 (B) With respect to a resolution described in 

2 subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolu3 tion— 

4 (i) the procedure in that House shall be 

5 the same as if no resolution had been received 

6 from the other House; but 

7 (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on 

8 the resolution of the other House. 

9 (2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from 

10 the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider 

11 the resolution that originated in the receiving House. 

12 (f) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE.—This sec13 tion is enacted by Congress— 

14 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

15 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec16 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 

17 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

18 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

19 House in the case of a resolution described in sub20 section (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 

21 extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

22 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

23 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

24 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 


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1 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

2 the case of any other rule of that House. 

3 SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 

4 In this Act, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 

5 meaning provided in section 133 of title 41, United States 

6 Code. 

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