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 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 (viii), 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, budget justification materials described in section 3(b)(2)(B) 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 20 days after the date on which the President submits 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 unnecessarily 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 Accountability 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. May 30, 2023 Reported without 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.