I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4937 
To require the implementation of report recommendations by an inspector 
general regarding wasteful and excessive spending, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2014 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. ENYART) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 implementation of report recommendations 
by an inspector general regarding wasteful and excessive 
spending, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Protection Against 
Wasteful Spending Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS OF WASTEFUL AND 
EXCESSIVE SPENDING REQUIRED. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF REPORT RECOMMENDA-
TIONS REQUIRED.—With respect to each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2020 and except as provided in subsection 
(b), not later than 4 years after the submission of a report 
regarding wasteful and excessive spending, or duplicative 
programs causing wasteful and excessive spending, by an 
inspector general of an agency (in this Act, referred to 
as the ‘‘IG report’’), the head of the agency shall imple-
ment all of the recommendations in such report. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The implementation requirement 
in subsection (a) shall not apply to a recommendation by 
an inspector general that would violate an existing law. 
With regard to any such recommendation, the head of the 
relevant agency shall submit to Congress a description of 
the necessary change to the law to legally implement the 
recommendation. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the submission of an IG report, or 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, which-
ever is later, the head of the relevant agency shall 
submit to Congress a report on— 
(A) the progress of the implementation of 
each recommendation in the IG report; 
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(B) the time period required to complete 
each such implementation; 
(C) the wasteful and excessive spending, 
and duplicative programs causing wasteful and 
excessive spending within each agency described 
in the IG report; 
(D) the savings created from the comple-
tion of implementing each recommendation; and 
(E) the reason each recommendation was 
not implemented before the submission of the 
IG report. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 13 
months, and yearly thereafter until an updated re-
port is submitted for fiscal year 2020, after the sub-
mission of an IG report, the head of the relevant 
agency shall submit to Congress an updated report 
on the information described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1). 
SEC. 3. FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any agency that fails to imple-
ment a recommendation from an IG report, that is not 
an exception under section 2(b), in a timely manner, may 
not obligate any funds available to such agency for— 
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(1) convention or seminar attendance and inter-
national or domestic travel by any politically-ap-
pointed official; or 
(2) any bonus or salary increase, performance 
or otherwise, with respect to such an official. 
(b) FUNDS SUBJECT TO OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
On the date that is 60 days after the submission of a re-
port pursuant to section 2(c) that shows that an agency 
has failed to implement a recommendation of an IG report 
in a timely manner, of the funds prohibited from being 
obligated pursuant to subsection (a) (if any)— 
(1) 50 percent shall be credited to the Highway 
Trust Fund established under section 9503(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to be made available 
without further appropriation; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be transferred to the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
for making capitalization grants for State water pol-
lution control revolving funds under section 603 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1382), to be made available without further appro-
priation. 
(c) TIMELY MANNER DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘timely manner’’ means, as determined by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-
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tion with the Comptroller General and the inspector gen-
eral of the relevant agency, with regard to the implementa-
tion of a recommendation from an IG report, that is not 
an exception under section 2(b)— 
(1) 30 percent completion of such recommenda-
tion within the first year following the submission of 
the IG report; and 
(2) 70 percent completion of such recommenda-
tion within the second year following the submission 
of the IG report. 
SEC. 4. USE OF SAVINGS. 
Of the savings (if any) from the implementation of 
a recommendation from an IG report pursuant to this 
Act— 
(1) 50 percent shall be credited to the Highway 
Trust Fund established under section 9503(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to be made available 
without further appropriation; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be transferred to the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
for making capitalization grants for State water pol-
lution control revolving funds under section 603 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1382), to be made available without further appro-
priation. 
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SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘politically-appointed official’’ 
means any employee of the Federal Government who 
is— 
(A) not paid under the General Schedule 
(chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code); and 
(B) appointed by the President by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
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