SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATING UNNECESSARY DUPLICATIVE AND 
OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall coordinate with the heads of the relevant de-
partments or agencies to— 
(1) use available administrative authority to 
eliminate, consolidate, or streamline Government 
programs and agencies with duplicative and overlap-
ping missions identified in— 
(A) the March 2015 Government Account-
ability Office report to Congress, titled ‘‘Gov-
ernment Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportu-
nities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, Du-
plication, and Improper Payments and Achieve 
Other Financial Benefits’’ (GAO–15–440T); 
(B) the April 2014 Government Account-
ability Office report to Congress, titled ‘‘Gov-
ernment Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportu-
nities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, Du-
plication, and Improper Payments and Achieve 
Other Financial Benefits’’ (GAO–14–478T); 
and 
(C) the April 2013 Government Account-
ability Office report to Congress, titled ‘‘Actions 
Needed to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and 
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Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Bene-
fits’’ (GAO–13–279SP); 
(2) identify and report to Congress any legisla-
tive changes required to further eliminate, consoli-
date, or streamline Government programs and agen-
cies with duplicative and overlapping missions identi-
fied in— 
(A) the March 2015 Government Account-
ability Office report referred to in paragraph 
(1)(A); 
(B) the April 2014 Government Account-
ability Office report referred to in paragraph 
(1)(B); and 
(C) the April 2013 Government Account-
ability Office report referred to in paragraph 
(1)(C); 
(3) estimate the total cost savings expected to 
result to each department or agency from the ac-
tions described in paragraph (1); and 
(4) rescind from the amounts made available to 
such departments or agencies the total amount of 
cost savings estimated by paragraph (3). 
(b) APPLICATION OF RESCISSION.—The rescission 
required under subsection (a)(4) shall only apply to 
amounts made available for Government programs that 
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are eliminated, consolidated, or streamlined under this 
section. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2015, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate listing the 
accounts reduced by the rescission in subsection (a)(4) 
and the amounts rescinded from each such account. 
(d) RESCISSION
FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—With re-
spect to a department or agency that does not meet the 
requirements of subsection (a) before September 30, 2015, 
there is rescinded from the funds made available to such 
department or agency in fiscal year 2015 an amount equal 
to 1 percent of such funds. 
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