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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2135 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating 

Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2021 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief 

Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of 

unnecessary programs, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wasteful Federal Pro5 grams Reduction Authorization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AGENCY PRO2 GRAMS OR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘§ 1127. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs 

7 or program activities 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 

10 meaning given the term in section 1108(a). 

11 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ has the 

12 meaning given the term in section 1122(a)(1), as 

13 amended by section 9601(a) of title XCVI of the 

14 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au15 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

16 116–283). 

17 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM ACTIVITY.—The term ‘program 

18 activity’ has the meaning given the term in section 

19 1115(h). 

20 ‘‘(b) AGENCY IDENTIFICATION OF UNNECESSARY

21 PROGRAMS OR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Not later than the 

22 date on which the Chief Operating Officer of each agency 

23 is required to provide a count of plans and programs 

24 under section 1125(a)(4) each year, and based on guid25 ance provided by the Director of the Office of Management 


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1 and Budget, the Chief Operating Officer of each agency 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) compile a list that identifies any program 

4 or program activity of the agency that is unneces5 sary, defunct, or duplicative of another program or 

6 program activity of the agency; 

7 ‘‘(2) in consultation with the congressional com8 mittees that oversee a program or program activity 

9 identified under paragraph (1), determine— 

10 ‘‘(A) whether the program or program ac11 tivity is unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative of 

12 another program or program activity of the 

13 agency; and 

14 ‘‘(B) whether the program or program ac15 tivity could be eliminated or consolidated with 

16 another program or program activity of the 

17 agency or the Federal Government; 

18 ‘‘(3) refine the list compiled under paragraph 

19 (1), in accordance with the determinations made 

20 under paragraph (2); and 

21 ‘‘(4) submit to the Director of the Office of 

22 Management and Budget the list refined under 

23 paragraph (3). 

24 ‘‘(c) PROPOSED LEGISLATION.—The Director of the 

25 Office of Management and Budget may submit to ConVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 24, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2135.IS S2135

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1 gress proposed legislation to eliminate or consolidate the 

2 programs or program activities identified in the lists sub3 mitted under subsection (b)(4).’’. 

4 (b) INCLUSION IN BUDGET.—Section 1105(a) of title 

5 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(40) the lists identifying unnecessary, defunct, 

8 or duplicative programs or program activities sub9 mitted to the Director of the Office of Management 

10 and Budget under section 1127(b)(4).’’. 

11 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

12 for chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

13 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘1127. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities’’. 

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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