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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1648 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

to require that concurrent resolutions on the budget limit the growth 

of Federal spending to the mean of annual percentage growth of wages 

and gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2009 

Mr. MCCOTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 

Committees on the Budget, Rules, and Ways and Means, 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 amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that concurrent resolutions 

on the budget limit the growth of Federal spending to 

the mean of annual percentage growth of wages and 

gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Integrity 

3 Through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 

4 2009’’. 

5 TITLE I—CONSTRAINING THE 

6 GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL 

7 GOVERNMENT 

8 SEC. 101. CONSTRAINING GROWTH. 

9 (a) CONSTRAINING GROWTH.—Title III of the Con10 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at 

11 the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘CONSTRAINING THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL

13 GOVERNMENT

14 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be 

15 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 

16 to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for 

17 any fiscal year if the percentage increase for the projected 

18 total outlays for such fiscal year compared to the projected 

19 total outlays for the preceding fiscal year set forth in the 

20 most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budg21 et exceeds the allowable growth percentage. 

22 ‘‘(b) ALLOWABLE GROWTH PERCENTAGE.—As used 

23 in subsection (a), the term ‘allowable growth percentage’ 

24 for the applicable fiscal year refers to the mean of the 

25 annual percentage growth of mean earnings of full-time, 

26 year-round workers; compensation of employees; and gross 


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1 domestic product (GDP) for the United States for the 

2 most recent calendar year for which such data may be ob3 tained from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of 

4 Economic Analysis (BEA) of the Department of Com5 merce compared to the immediately preceding calendar 

6 year before the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

7 the applicable fiscal year is reported by the Committee on 

8 the Budget of the House of Representatives or Senate, as 

9 the case may be. 

10 ‘‘(c) SUPER MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR WAIVER.— 

11 Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in the House 

12 of Representatives or the Senate by a two-thirds vote of 

13 its Members voting, a quorum being present.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con15 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 

16 and Impoundment Act of 1974 is amended by adding after 

17 the item relating to section 315 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 316. Constraining the Growth of the Federal Government.’’. 

18 TITLE II—EFFICIENCY AND RE19 SPONSIBILITY FROM THE 

20 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

21 SEC. 201. ANNUAL REPORTS BY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 

22 AND AGENCIES TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT23 ABILITY OFFICE. 

24 (a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal depart25 ment and agency annually shall submit to the Comptroller 


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1 General a report on the total operating costs of the depart2 ment or agency for the year covered by the report, with 

3 a separate statement containing details on waste, fraud, 

4 and abuse during such year. 

5 (b) AUDIT BY GAO.—Each year the Comptroller 

6 General shall randomly select 10 percent of the reports 

7 submitted under subsection (a) and audit the reports. 

8 (c) INTELLIGENCE REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Each 

9 intelligence department and agency of the Federal Govern10 ment, and each intelligence-related division within a de11 partment or agency, shall submit to the Select Committee 

12 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives the total 

13 operating costs of the agency, department, or division for 

14 the year covered by the report, with a separate statement 

15 containing details on waste, fraud, and abuse during such 

16 year. 

17 (d) FIRST REPORTS.—The first reports under this 

18 section shall be submitted not later than one year after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 202. ANNUAL REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 

21 (a) ANNUAL GAO REPORT ON REPORTS OF FED22 ERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—The Comptroller 

23 General shall submit to Congress an annual report on the 

24 results of the reports submitted under section 201(a). 


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1 (b) FIRST REPORT.—The first report under this sec2 tion shall be submitted not later than 18 months after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 203. PLAN FOR REDUCTION OF OPERATIONAL COSTS 

5 OF FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 

6 (a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one year 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal 

8 department or agency shall design a plan to reduce its 

9 operational costs from $.36 of every $1.00 appropriated 

10 to the department or agency to $.15 of every $1.00 (or 

11 reduce their operational costs by 41.67 percent) appro12 priated to the department or agency through the use of 

13 new technologies and standard management practices. 

14 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.—Not later than 10 

15 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, each 

16 Federal department or agency shall implement the plan 

17 for the department or agency developed under subsection 

18 (a). 

19 (c) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS.—Each Federal de20 partment or agency shall submit to Congress a report each 

21 year detailing the progress of the department or agency 

22 in implementing the plan for the department or agency 

23 developed under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 204. INFORMING TAXPAYERS. 

2 (a) STATEMENT TO APPEAR ON TAX RETURNS.— 

3 The Secretary of the Treasury shall include, on each form 

4 for making the return of tax imposed under chapter 1 of 

5 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a statement of the 

6 aggregate dollar amount of waste, fraud, and abuse by all 

7 Federal departments and agencies for the most recent 

8 year for which the Secretary has received information 

9 under subsection (b). 

10 (b) DETERMINATION OF AGGREGATE WASTE, 

11 FRAUD, AND ABUSE BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 

12 Comptroller General shall annually report to the Secretary 

13 of the Treasury the aggregate dollar amount of waste, 

14 fraud, and abuse by all Federal departments and agencies 

15 as determined by the Comptroller General on the basis of 

16 the reports submitted by Federal departments and agen17 cies under section 201. 

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