IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 82 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 
Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2011 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. MACK, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BISHOP 
of Utah, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. LONG, and Mr. POSEY) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
establish the Committee on the Elimination of Non-
essential Federal Programs. 
Resolved, That— 
(a) Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs 
(f) through (t) as paragraphs (g) through (u) and by in-
serting after paragraph (e) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(f) Elimination of Nonessential Federal Pro-
grams. 
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‘‘(1) Modification or elimination of under-
performing or nonessential Federal programs. 
‘‘(2) Identification of Federal programs 
and activities that duplicate or compete with ac-
tivities available from the private sector.’’. 
(b) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(g) The Committee on the Elimination of Non-
essential Federal Programs shall— 
‘‘(1)(A) research, review, and study Federal 
programs that are underperforming or nonessential; 
and 
‘‘(B) determine which Federal programs should 
be modified or eliminated; 
‘‘(2) develop recommendations to the House for 
action designed to modify or eliminate underper-
forming or nonessential Federal programs; and 
‘‘(3) submit to the House— 
‘‘(A) at least once a year, reports includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) a detailed statement of the find-
ings and conclusions of the Committee; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) a list of underperforming or non-
essential Federal programs; and 
‘‘(B) legislation to eliminate the programs 
described in section subdivision (ii) and rescis-
sions based on the findings of the report de-
scribed in subdivision (i).’’. 
(c) Clause 5(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The Committee on the Elimination of Non-
essential Federal Programs shall be composed of members 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) Four members from the Committee on Ap-
propriations. 
‘‘(ii) Four members from the Committee on the 
Budget. 
‘‘(iii) Four members from the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform. 
‘‘(iv) Four members from the Committee on 
Ways and Means. 
‘‘(v) One member who does not serve on any of 
committees described in items (i) through (iv), who 
shall be appointed by the Speaker and designated by 
the Speaker as the Chair of the Committee. 
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