Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction Authorization Act 2. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities (a) In general Chapter 11 1127. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency (2) Program The term program Public Law 116–283 (3) Program activity The term program activity (b) Agency identification of unnecessary programs or program activities Not later than the date on which the Chief Operating Officer of each agency is required to provide a count of plans and programs under section 1125(a)(4) each year, and based on guidance provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chief Operating Officer of each agency shall— (1) compile a list that identifies any program or program activity of the agency that is unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative of another program or program activity of the agency; (2) in consultation with the congressional committees that oversee a program or program activity identified under paragraph (1), determine— (A) whether the program or program activity is unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative of another program or program activity of the agency; and (B) whether the program or program activity could be eliminated or consolidated with another program or program activity of the agency or the Federal Government; (3) refine the list compiled under paragraph (1), in accordance with the determinations made under paragraph (2); and (4) submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget the list refined under paragraph (3). (c) Proposed legislation The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may submit to Congress proposed legislation to eliminate or consolidate the programs or program activities identified in the lists submitted under subsection (b)(4). . (b) Inclusion in budget Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (40) the lists identifying unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative programs or program activities submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 1127(b)(4). . (c) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 11 1127. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act 2. Identification and elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities (a) Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results Section 1122(a)(3)(D) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (vii) and (ix), respectively; (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following: (vi) to the extent practicable and consistent with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, information provided in the annual budget justification materials submitted in conjunction with the budget of the United States Government submitted under section 1105(a) in accordance with section 3(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 ; and (3) in clause (vii), as so redesignated, by striking accountability; and accountability, including information included in the list compiled under section 1127(b)(1); and (b) Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities Chapter 11 1127. Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency (2) Program The term program (3) Program activity The term program activity (b) Agency identification of unnecessary programs or program activities Not later than the 20 days after the date on which the President transmits the budget of the United States Government under section 1105(a) each year, and based on guidance provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chief Operating Officer of each agency shall— (1) compile a list that identifies any program or program activity of the agency that— (A) is unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative of another program or program activity of the agency; (B) another agency could administer more effectively; or (C) could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities; (2) publish the list compiled under paragraph (1) in— (A) with respect to each list compiled before the date of the implementation described in section 9601(b)(3) of title XCVI of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 31 U.S.C. 1122 (B) with respect to each successive list, the program inventory described in section 1122(a)(2)(B)(i); and (3) submit the list compiled under paragraph (1) to— (A) the relevant congressional committees of jurisdiction of the agency; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (E) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives. (c) Recommendations Based on guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of an agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified under subsection (b)(1). . (c) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 11 1127. Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. December 5, 2022 Reported with an amendment

Summary: Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act This bill requires each federal agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs. Specifically, each agency must compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget, that are unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative federal programs; another agency could administer more effectively; or could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities. Additionally, the President must include the list of identified programs or program activities in the annual budget submitted to Congress. An agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified in the list.