(A) The year in which the program was 
originally established and, if applicable, the year 
in which the program expires. 
(B) The next reauthorization date required 
by law for the program, if applicable. 
(2) BUDGET AUTHORITY INFORMATION.— 
(A) The year in which budget authority for 
the program was last authorized. 
(B) Whether the budget authority provided 
for such program is— 
(i) authorized for a definite period of 
time, including the year in which current 
authorizations of new budget authority ex-
pire; 
(ii) authorized in a specific dollar 
amount but without limit of time; 
(iii) authorized without limit of time 
or dollar amounts; 
(iv) not specifically authorized; or 
(v) permanently provided. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE INFORMA-
TION.—Information prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office regarding each of the 
following matters: 
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(A) The amounts of new budget authority 
authorized and provided for the program for 
each of the four fiscal years preceding the fiscal 
year covered by the inventory and, where appli-
cable, the four fiscal years succeeding the fiscal 
year covered by the inventory. 
(B) The identification code and title of the 
appropriation account in which budget author-
ity is provided for the program. 
SEC. 304. PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. 
The Comptroller General shall assign each program 
in the program inventory required under section 301 an 
identification number that is related to the functional cat-
egory structure. 
SEC. 305. AGENCY COOPERATION. 
(a) MUTUAL EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION.—The 
Comptroller General, the Director of the Congressional 
Research Service, and the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall permit the mutual exchange of avail-
able information in their possession that would aid in the 
compilation of the program inventory. 
(b) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH.—The Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget and the 
heads of Executive agencies shall, to the extent necessary 
and possible, provide the Government Accountability Of-
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fice with assistance requested by the Comptroller General 
in the compilation of the program inventory. 
TITLE IV—PROGRAM REVIEW 
SEC. 401. PROGRAM REVIEW SCHEDULE. 
(a) INITIAL SCHEDULE.—Not later than 90 days 
after receiving the final program inventory under section 
301(b), the Commission shall establish a schedule for re-
view by the Commission of each program, arranged by 
functional category under section 302(b), at least once 
every 10 fiscal years. 
(b) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after receiv-
ing an updated program inventory under section 301(d), 
the Commission shall update the schedule established 
under subsection (a) to reflect the updated inventory. 
SEC. 402. PROGRAM REVIEW. 
Based on the schedule established under section 401, 
the Commission shall conduct a review of the efficiency 
of operation and public need for each program under re-
view, including analyses of the following: 
(1) The effectiveness of the program. 
(2) Whether the program is cost-effective. 
(3) Whether the program is outside of an agen-
cy’s scope of authority, and whether the program 
helps to achieve the purposes of the agency. 
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(4) Whether more efficient or alternative meth-
ods exist to carry out the functions of the program. 
(5) The extent to which the mission, actions, 
and policies of the program are duplicative or con-
flict with programs in other agencies. 
(6) The potential benefits of consolidating pro-
grams with similar or duplicative missions, actions, 
and policies, and the potential for consolidating such 
programs. 
(7) The number and types of beneficiaries or 
persons served by the program. 
(8) The extent to which any trends, develop-
ments, and emerging conditions exist that are likely 
to affect the future nature and extent of the prob-
lems or needs that the program is intended to ad-
dress. 
(9) The promptness and effectiveness with 
which the program administrator seeks public input 
and input from State and local governments on the 
efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of the 
program, to the extent such input is required or per-
mitted. 
(10) The extent to which the program coordi-
nates with State and local governments. 
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(11) The potential effects on State and local 
governments of abolishing the program. 
(12) The extent of the regulatory, privacy, and 
paperwork impacts of the program and any ineffi-
ciencies such impacts may cause. 
(13) The extent to which changes are necessary 
in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order for 
the functions of the program to be performed in the 
most efficient and effective manner. 
SEC. 403. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1 
of the year after the year in which the Commission estab-
lishes the initial review schedule under section 401(a), and 
each October 1 thereafter, the Commission shall submit 
to Congress a report pertaining to the programs des-
ignated, by the review schedule established under section 
401, to be reviewed during the 12-month period preceding 
the due date for the report. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.— 
(1) ANALYSIS.—The Commission shall include 
in the report an analysis of the efficiency of oper-
ation and public need for each program under re-
view, based on the review conducted under section 
402. 
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(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the Commission shall include in the report rec-
ommendations regarding— 
(A) whether each program should be abol-
ished or reorganized; 
(B) whether the functions of any programs 
should be consolidated, transferred, or reorga-
nized in an agency or among agencies; and 
(C) proposed administrative and legislative 
action with respect to each program, but not in-
cluding recommendations for appropriation lev-
els. 
(3) PROPOSED LEGISLATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection 
(c), for any recommendation that a program be 
abolished, the Commission shall include in the 
report proposed legislation, in the form of an 
implementation bill, to provide for such abolish-
ment. 
(B) SINGLE IMPLEMENTATION BILL PER 
FUNCTIONAL
CATEGORY.—The 
Commission 
shall include in the report one implementation 
bill under this paragraph for each functional 
category under which a program is rec-
ommended to be abolished. 
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(C) REQUIREMENTS.—An implementation 
bill included in the report under this paragraph 
shall conform to the following requirements: 
(i) The title of the bill shall be ‘‘A bill 
to 
abolish 
the 
program[s] 
numbered 
lll in the inventory submitted to Con-
gress on lll as required by section 301 
of the SWEEP Act.’’, the first blank space 
being filled in with the numbers of the pro-
grams to be abolished, as assigned under 
section 304, and the second blank space 
being filled in with the date on which the 
report containing the abolishment rec-
ommendation was submitted to Congress. 
(ii) The bill may not include a pre-
amble. 
(iii) After the enacting clause, the bill 
may include only provisions to provide 
for— 
(I) the abolishment of programs 
recommended to be abolished under 
paragraph 2; and 
(II) changes in existing laws or 
new statutory authority necessary to 
implement such abolishments, if any. 
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(D) CONSULTATION.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in preparing an implementation 
bill under this paragraph, the Commission 
should consult with the appropriate committees 
of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) LIMITATION.— 
(1) CONSENSUS REQUIRED.—Recommendations 
and proposed legislation may be included in a report 
under subsection (b) only if agreed to by not fewer 
than eight of the Commission members. 
(2) PROCEDURE IF NO CONSENSUS.—If eight or 
more Commission members do not support any rec-
ommendation or proposed legislation regarding any 
program— 
(A) the Commission shall note the absence 
of a recommendation or proposed legislation in 
the section of the report dedicated to the pro-
gram; and 
(B) the Commission shall attach to the re-
port an addendum containing summaries of the 
recommendations or proposed legislation for 
programs for which no consensus was achieved, 
and the number of Commission members in 
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support of each such recommendation or pro-
posed legislation. 
(d) MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Com-
mission may monitor the implementation of prior rec-
ommendations and the enacting of laws based on proposed 
legislation from the Commission and include any appro-
priate related information in the report. 
SEC. 404. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED 
LEGISLATION FOR ABOLISHMENTS. 
(a) INTRODUCTION; REFERRAL; AND REPORT
OR 
DISCHARGE.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—On the first calendar day 
on which both Houses are in session on or imme-
diately following the date on which a report is sub-
mitted to Congress under section 403 containing 
proposed 
legislation 
included 
under 
section 
403(b)(3), each implementation bill included in such 
report shall be introduced (by request)— 
(A) in the Senate by the majority leader of 
the Senate, for himself and the minority leader 
of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate 
designated by the majority leader and minority 
leader of the Senate; and 
(B) in the House of Representatives by the 
majority leader of the House of Representa-
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tives, for himself and the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives, or by Members of the 
House of Representatives designated by the ma-
jority leader and minority leader of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) REFERRAL.—An implementation bill intro-
duced under paragraph (1) shall be referred to any 
appropriate committee of jurisdiction in the Senate 
and any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in the 
House of Representatives. A committee to which an 
implementation bill is referred under this paragraph 
may report such bill to the respective House without 
amendment. 
(3) REPORT OR DISCHARGE.—If a committee to 
which an implementation bill is referred has not re-
ported such bill by the end of the 15th calendar day 
after the date of the introduction of such bill, such 
committee shall be immediately discharged from fur-
ther consideration of such bill, and upon being re-
ported or discharged from the committee, such bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(b) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—When the committee to 
which an implementation bill is referred has re-
ported the bill, or has been discharged from further 
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consideration of the bill under subsection (a)(3), it 
is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to) for any Member of the respective House 
to move to proceed to the consideration of the imple-
mentation bill, and all points of order against the 
implementation bill (and against consideration of the 
implementation bill) are waived. The motion is high-
ly 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 consid-
eration 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 implementation bill is 
agreed to, the implementation bill shall remain the 
unfinished business of the respective House until 
disposed of. 
(2) AMENDMENTS.—An implementation bill 
may not be amended in the Senate or the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) DEBATE.—Debate on the implementation 
bill, and on all debatable motions and appeals in 
connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 
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than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally be-
tween those favoring and those opposing the bill. A 
motion further to limit debate is in order and not 
debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to post-
pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
other business, or a motion to recommit the imple-
mentation bill is not in order. A motion to reconsider 
the vote by which the implementation bill is agreed 
to or disagreed to is not in order. 
(4) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately 
following the conclusion of the debate on an imple-
mentation bill, and a single quorum call at the con-
clusion of the debate if requested in accordance with 
the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final 
passage of the implementation bill shall occur. 
(5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
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 an implementation bill shall be 
decided without debate. 
(c) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of an imple-
mentation bill of that House, that House receives from 
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