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Calendar No. 566 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4128 

[Report No. 117–213] 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to provide certain 

information with respect to unimplemented priority recommendations as 

part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to Congress, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 3, 2022 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States 

to provide certain information with respect to 

unimplemented priority recommendations as part of the 

Comptroller General’s annual reporting to Congress, 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 ‘‘Improving Government 

3 for America’s Taxpayers Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

5 UNIMPLEMENTED PRIORITY RECOMMENDA6 TIONS. 

7 The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 

8 as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to 

9 committees of Congress— 

10 (1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Con11 sideration from the Government Accountability Of12 fice in one report organized by policy topic that in13 cludes the amount of time such Matters have been 

14 unimplemented and submit such report to congres15 sional leadership and the oversight committees of 

16 each House; 

17 (2) with respect to the annual letters sent by 

18 the Comptroller General to individual agency heads 

19 and relevant congressional committees on the status 

20 of unimplemented priority recommendations, identify 

21 any additional congressional oversight actions that 

22 can help agencies implement such priority rec23 ommendations and address any underlying issues re24 lating to such implementation; 

25 (3) make publicly available the information de26 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2); and 


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1 (4) publish any known costs of unimplemented 

2 priority recommendations, as applicable. 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Government 

5 for America’s Taxpayers Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

7 UNIMPLEMENTED PRIORITY RECOMMENDA8 TIONS. 

9 The Comptroller General of the United States shall, as 

10 part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to com11 mittees of Congress— 

12 (1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Consid13 eration from the Government Accountability Office in 

14 one report organized by policy topic that includes the 

15 amount of time such Matters have been 

16 unimplemented and submit such report to congres17 sional leadership and the oversight committees of each 

18 House; 

19 (2) with respect to the annual letters sent by the 

20 Comptroller General to individual agency heads and 

21 relevant congressional committees on the status of 

22 unimplemented priority recommendations, identify 

23 any additional congressional oversight actions that 

24 can help agencies implement such priority recVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:58 Nov 28, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S4128.RS S4128

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1 ommendations and address any underlying issues re2 lating to such implementation; 

3 (3) make publicly available the information de4 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2); and 

5 (4) publish any known costs of unimplemented 

6 priority recommendations, if applicable. 


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Calendar No. 566 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4128 

[Report No. 117–213] 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United 

reporting to Congress, and for other purposes. tions as part of the Comptroller General’s annual spect to unimplemented priority recommendaStates to provide certain information with reNOVEMBER 28, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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