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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 
To require the head of each executive agency to submit a report on the 
implementation of Government Accountability Office reports on reducing 
duplication, achieving savings, and enhancing revenue within the Federal 
Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2013 
Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. RENACCI, and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the head of each executive agency to submit 
a report on the implementation of Government Account-
ability Office reports on reducing duplication, achieving 
savings, and enhancing revenue within the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spending Reduction 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCY REPORTS ON REDUC-
ING DUPLICATION, ACHIEVING SAVINGS, AND 
ENHANCING REVENUE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 
each executive agency shall submit to the President and 
Congress a report on the implementation of recommenda-
tions made by the following reports of the Government Ac-
countability Office: 
(1) The March 2011 Government Account-
ability Office report to Congress titled ‘‘Opportuni-
ties to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government 
Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Rev-
enue’’ (GAO–11–318SP). 
(2) The February 2012 Government Account-
ability Office report to Congress titled ‘‘Opportuni-
ties to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmenta-
tion, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue’’ 
(GAO–12–342SP). 
(3) The April 2013 Government Accountability 
Office report to Congress titled ‘‘Actions Needed to 
Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication 
and Achieve Other Financial Benefits’’ (GAO–13– 
279SP). 
(b) MATTERS COVERED IN REPORTS.—Each report 
required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
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(1) A discussion by the head of the executive 
agency of matters on which the agency agrees, dis-
agrees, or partially agrees with the Government Ac-
countability Office, and recommendations by the 
head of the agency for actions that should be taken 
in the agency as a result of the reports described in 
subsection (a). 
(2) An opinion by the Comptroller General of 
the United States on whether each such rec-
ommendation by the head of the executive agency 
under paragraph (1) is consistent with the intent of 
the Government Accountability Office reports de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(3) A proposal for legislative changes, if any, 
necessary to implement the recommendations by the 
head of the executive agency under paragraph (1). 
(4) A statement of the annual impact on costs 
to the Federal Government, including cost savings, 
expected to occur as a result of the implementation 
of such recommendations. 
(5) Such other information as the head of the 
executive agency determines appropriate. 
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 150 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 
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each executive agency shall begin to implement the rec-
ommendations submitted in the report by the head of that 
agency under section 2, in order to eliminate, consolidate, 
streamline, or better coordinate Government programs 
and agencies with duplicative, overlapping, or fragmented 
missions identified in the Government Accountability Of-
fice reports described in section 2(a). 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) The head of an executive agency may not 
carry out any recommendations contained in the re-
port submitted to Congress under section 2 by the 
head of the agency if a joint resolution is enacted, 
in accordance with the provisions of section 4, dis-
approving such recommendations before the earlier 
of— 
(A) the end of the 45-day period beginning 
on the date on which the head of the executive 
agency submits such report; or 
(B) the adjournment of Congress sine die 
for the session during which such report is sub-
mitted. 
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this sub-
section and subsections (a) and (b) of section 4, the 
days on which either House of Congress is not in 
session because of an adjournment of more than 
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three days to a day certain shall be excluded in the 
computation of a period. 
SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE 
AGENCY REPORT. 
(a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 
section 3(b), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a 
joint resolution which is introduced within the 10-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the head of an execu-
tive agency submits the report relating to that executive 
agency to Congress under section 2, and— 
(1) which does not have a preamble; 
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves the 
recommendations as submitted by lllll on 
lllll’’, the first blank space being filled in 
with the title of the head of the executive agency 
submitting the report, and the second blank space 
being filled in with the appropriate date; and 
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the 
llllll.’’, the blank space being filled in with 
the title of the head of the executive agency submit-
ting the report. 
(b) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection 
(a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives 
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shall be referred to the committee with jurisdiction over 
the executive agency concerned. A resolution described in 
subsection (a) introduced in the Senate shall be referred 
to the committee with jurisdiction over the executive agen-
cy concerned. 
(c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re-
ported such a resolution (or an identical resolution) by the 
end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which 
the head of the executive agency concerned submits the 
report to the Congress under section 2, such committee 
shall be, at the end of such period, discharged from fur-
ther consideration of such resolution, and such resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House 
involved. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.—(1) On or after the third day 
after the date on which the committee to which such a 
resolution is referred has reported, or has been discharged 
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of, such 
a resolution, it is in order (even though a previous motion 
to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member 
of the respective House to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the resolution. A Member may make the motion 
only on the day after the calendar day on which the Mem-
ber announces to the House concerned the Member’s in-
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tention to make the motion, except that, in the case of 
the House of Representatives, the motion may be made 
without such prior announcement if the motion is made 
by direction of the committee to which the resolution was 
referred. All points of order against the resolution (and 
against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The 
motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to 
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the resolution is agreed to, the respective House shall 
immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolu-
tion without intervening motion, order, or other business, 
and the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of 
the respective House until disposed of. 
(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable 
motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be lim-
ited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between those favoring and those opposing the res-
olution. An amendment to the resolution is not in order. 
A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debat-
able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 
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consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 
the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to 
is not in order. 
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the de-
bate on a resolution described in subsection (a) and a sin-
gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re-
quested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate 
House, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall 
occur. 
(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House 
of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 
relating to a resolution described in subsection (a) shall 
be decided without debate. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(1) If, be-
fore the passage by one House of a resolution of that 
House described in subsection (a), that House receives 
from the other House a resolution described in subsection 
(a), then the following procedures shall apply: 
(A) The resolution of the other House shall not 
be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the House receiving it except in the case of 
final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii). 
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(B) With respect to a resolution described in 
subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolu-
tion— 
(i) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no resolution had been received 
from the other House; but 
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the resolution of the other House. 
(2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from 
the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider 
the resolution that originated in the receiving House. 
(f) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE.—This sec-
tion is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a resolution described in sub-
section (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
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in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 
meaning provided in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code. 
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