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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5192 

To provide for incentives for agencies and the judiciary to increase operating 

efficiency. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. WEBSTER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 

the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 provide for incentives for agencies and the judiciary to 

increase operating efficiency. 

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 ‘‘To Help Reduce Ineffi5 cient Federal Tendencies Act of 2014’’ or as the 

6 ‘‘THRIFT Act of 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AGENCY INCENTIVE AND SAVINGS PROGRAM. 

8 (a) PURPOSE.—In order to provide an incentive for 

9 agencies and the judicial branch to re-engineer business 


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1 processes and otherwise increase operating efficiency, it is 

2 the intent of the Congress to allow agencies and the judi3 cial branch to retain a portion of the savings produced 

4 by internally generated agency or judicial branch program 

5 efficiencies and cost reductions. 

6 (b) RETENTION OF FUNDS.—To be eligible to retain 

7 funds, an agency or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 

8 Court must submit a plan and an associated request to 

9 amend its approved operating budget to the committees 

10 of Congress having jurisdiction over appropriations speci11 fying— 

12 (1) the modifications to approved programs re13 sulting in efficiencies and cost savings; 

14 (2) the amount and source of the funds and po15 sitions saved; 

16 (3) the specific positions, rate, amounts, and 

17 sources of funds the agency or the judicial branch 

18 wishes to include in its incentive expenditures; 

19 (4) how the agency or the judicial branch will 

20 meet the goals and objectives established in its stra21 tegic plans; 

22 (5) how the agency or the judicial branch will 

23 meet performance standards, including those in its 

24 performance plans; and 


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1 (6) any other incentive expenditures which the 

2 agency or the judicial branch believes will enhance 

3 its performance. 

4 (c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—All plans and budg5 et amendments submitted to the committees of Congress 

6 having jurisdiction over appropriations pursuant to this 

7 section shall be delivered at least 30 days prior to the date 

8 of the committee meetings at which the request will be 

9 considered. 

10 (d) DETERMINATION.—In determining the amount 

11 the agency or the judicial branch will be allowed to retain, 

12 the committees shall consider the actual savings projected 

13 for the current budget year and the annualized savings. 

14 (e) AMOUNT OF FUNDING RETAINED.—The amount 

15 to be retained by the agency or the judicial branch shall 

16 be no less than 5 percent and no more than 25 percent 

17 of the annual savings and may be used by the agency or 

18 the judicial branch for salary increases, including awards 

19 authorized in section 4512 of title 5, United States Code, 

20 or other expenditures specified in the agency’s or the judi21 cial branch’s plan if the salary increases or other expendi22 tures do not create a recurring cost to the Treasury in 

23 excess of the recurring savings achieved by the agency or 

24 the judicial branch in the plan. 


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1 (f) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET REQUEST.—Each agen2 cy or judicial branch allowed to retain funds pursuant to 

3 this section shall submit in its next budget request a 

4 schedule showing how it used such funds. 

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