I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1072 
To establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal 
agencies and programs and to recommend the elimination or realignment 
of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2015 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Rules and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review 
of Federal agencies and programs and to recommend 
the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, 
or outdated functions, and for other purposes.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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Realign and Eliminate Duplicative Unnecessary Costly 
Excess in Government Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘REDUCE 
Government Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Establishment of Commission. 
Sec. 4. Duties of the Commission. 
Sec. 5. Powers of the Commission. 
Sec. 6. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 7. Termination of the Commission. 
Sec. 8. Closure and realignment of agencies and programs. 
Sec. 9. Congressional consideration of commission recommendations. 
Sec. 10. Offsetting rescissions. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ under 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘‘calendar day’’ 
means a calendar day other than one on which ei-
ther House is not in session because of an adjourn-
ment of more than three days to a date certain. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
territory or possession of the United States, and 
each federally recognized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Fed-
eral Realignment and Closure Commission (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Com-
mission shall be composed of 9 members, appointed 
by the President by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate as follows: 
(A) Two in consultation with the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives. 
(B) One in consultation with the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives. 
(C) Two in consultation with the majority 
leader of the Senate. 
(D) One in consultation with the minority 
leader of the Senate. 
(2) MEMBER RESTRICTION.—A member of the 
Commission may not be a sitting Member of Con-
gress or a current employee of the executive branch. 
(3) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN.—At the 
time the President appoints individuals to the Com-
mission under this paragraph, the President shall 
designate 1 such individual who shall serve as chair-
man and 1 such individual who shall serve as vice 
chairman. The chairman and vice chairman may not 
be of the same political party. 
(c) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Mem-
bers shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any 
vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 
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shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment. 
(d) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which all members of the Commission have 
been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first meet-
ing. 
(e) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 
call of the chairman. 
(f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 
Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num-
ber of members may hold hearings. 
SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAMS BY THE 
COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (4), not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall estab-
lish a systematic method for assessing the effective-
ness and accountability of agency programs in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2) and divide the pro-
grams into three approximately equal budgetary 
groupings based on the size of the budget and num-
ber of personnel of the agency program. 
(2) METHOD OBJECTIVES.—The method estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall— 
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(A) recognize different types of Federal 
programs; 
(B) assess programs based on the achieve-
ment of performance goals (as defined under 
section 1115(h)(9) of title 31, United States 
Code); 
(C) assess programs based in part on the 
adequacy of the program’s performance meas-
ures, financial management, and other factors; 
(D) assess programs based in part on 
whether the program has fulfilled the legislative 
intent surrounding the creation of the program, 
taking into account any change in legislative in-
tent during the program’s existence; and 
(E) assess programs based in part on col-
laborative analysis, with the program or agency, 
of program policy and goals which may not fit 
into easily measurable performance goals. 
(3) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall— 
(A) assist the Commission, to the extent 
requested, in the Commission’s evaluation of 
agencies and programs under subsection (b)(1); 
and 
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(B) by no later than March 30 of each 
year in which an evaluation is carried out under 
subsection (b)(1), submit to the Commission a 
report containing the Comptroller General’s rec-
ommendations for the agencies and programs 
that should be realigned or eliminated within 
the grouping evaluated that year. 
(4) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXEMPTION.— 
The Commission shall not consider Department of 
Defense programs. 
(b) EVALUATION, PLAN, AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—Subject to subsection (e), 
during each of 2017, 2019, and 2021 the Commis-
sion shall evaluate all agencies, and programs within 
those agencies, in a grouping identified in the as-
sessment under subsection (a), with one grouping 
evaluated each year over those three years, using the 
criteria under paragraph (3). In carrying out the 
evaluation, the Commission shall consider the report 
of the Comptroller General submitted under sub-
section (a)(3). 
(2) PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 30 
of a year in which an evaluation is carried out 
under paragraph (1), the Commission shall, 
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with respect to the evaluation carried out dur-
ing that year, submit to the President and Con-
gress a plan with recommendations of the agen-
cies and programs that should be realigned or 
eliminated within the grouping evaluated that 
year. 
(B) IMPLEMENTATION
DESCRIPTION
RE-
QUIRED.—The plan described in subparagraph 
(A) shall include a detailed description of the 
actions necessary to implement the plan and 
complete the reorganization, including a pro-
jected timetable for completion of the imple-
mentation process. 
(C) PLAN APPROVAL.—The plan must be 
approved by at least 5 members of the Commis-
sion. 
(3) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
evaluate the efficiency and public need for each 
agency using the following criteria: 
(i) The effectiveness, and the effi-
ciency of the operation of, the programs 
carried out by each such agency. 
(ii) Whether the programs carried out 
by the agency are cost effective. 
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(iii) Whether the agency or program 
has acted outside the scope of its original 
authority, and whether the original objec-
tives of the agency have been achieved. 
(iv) The extent to which the jurisdic-
tion of, and the programs administered by, 
the agency duplicate or conflict with the 
jurisdiction and programs of other agen-
cies. 
(v) The potential benefits of consoli-
dating programs administered by the agen-
cy with similar or duplicative programs of 
other agencies, and the potential for con-
solidating such programs. 
(vi) The extent to which the agency 
has complied with the applicable provisions 
contained in sections 1115, 1116, 1120, 
1121, 1123, and 1124 of title 31, United 
States Code, and section 306 of title 5, 
United States Code, as well as rec-
ommendations contained in the reports re-
quired by such sections. 
(vii) The extent to which State and 
local governments already collect informa-
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tion or perform services conducted by the 
Federal program or agency. 
(B) DUPLICATIVE.—If 2 or more agencies 
or programs are performing the same essential 
function and the function can be consolidated 
or streamlined into a single agency or program, 
the Commission shall recommend that the agen-
cies or programs be realigned. 
(C) WASTEFUL
OR
INEFFICIENT.—The 
Commission may recommend the realignment or 
elimination of any agency or program that has 
wasted Federal funds by— 
(i) spending funds on items outside 
the authorized mission or purpose of the 
agency or program; 
(ii) mismanagement of resources and 
personnel; or 
(iii) use of such funds for personal 
benefit or the benefit of a special interest 
group. 
(D) 
OUTDATED, 
IRRELEVANT, 
OR 
FAILED.—The Commission shall recommend 
the elimination of any agency or program 
that— 
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(i) has completed its intended pur-
pose, if such purpose is defined under the 
law; 
(ii) has become irrelevant; or 
(iii) has failed to meet its objectives. 
(4) RELOCATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
The plan under paragraph (2) shall provide that if 
the position of an employee of an agency is elimi-
nated as a result of the implementation of the plan, 
the affected agency shall make reasonable efforts to 
relocate such employee to another position within 
the agency or within another Federal agency. 
(5) USE OF SAVINGS.—All funds saved by the 
implementation of the plan shall be used for deficit 
reduction. 
(6) LIMITATION
ON
RECOMMENDATIONS
IN 
PLAN.—The plan under paragraph (2)— 
(A) may not recommend the creation of a 
new agency, unless such agency is the result of 
a consolidation of existing agencies, the result 
of such consolidation producing an overall re-
duction in amounts provided in annual appro-
priations Acts and the number of personnel; 
(B) may recommend the removal of part of 
an agency from an agency; and 
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(C) may not recommend— 
(i) continuing an agency beyond the 
period authorized by law for its existence 
or beyond the time when it would have ter-
minated if the realignment had not been 
made; 
(ii) continuing a function beyond the 
period authorized by law for its exercise or 
beyond the time when it would have termi-
nated if the realignment had not been 
made; 
(iii) authorizing an agency to exercise 
a function which is not expressly author-
ized by law at the time the plan is trans-
mitted to Congress; 
(iv) increasing the term of an office 
beyond that provided by law for the office; 
(v) the consolidation or realignment of 
any entity outside of the executive branch, 
including moving an agency outside the ex-
ecutive branch; or 
(vi) the modification of any funding 
that is not an appropriation. 
(7) INFORMATION
TO
MEMBERS
OF
CON-
GRESS.—After June 30 of each year in which the 
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Commission submits a plan and recommendations to 
the President and Congress under this subsection, 
the Commission shall promptly provide, upon re-
quest, to any Member of Congress information used 
by the Commission in making its recommendations. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF SUGGESTIONS FROM PUBLIC 
THROUGH WEBSITE.—In carrying out its duties under 
this Act, the Commission shall— 
(1) establish a website for the purpose of allow-
ing any member of the public to submit suggestions 
to the Commission for its consideration; and 
(2) consider each such suggestion submitted 
through the website. 
(d) REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) EVALUATION
REQUIRED.—The President 
shall, by no later than August 15 of a year in which 
the Commission carries out an evaluation under sub-
section (b)(1), transmit to the Commission and to 
Congress a report containing the President’s ap-
proval or disapproval of the Commission’s plan and 
recommendations. 
(2) APPROVAL OF PLAN.—The President may 
approve the plan and recommendations of the Com-
mission if the President finds that the plan is in ac-
cordance with the criteria and limitation described in 
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paragraphs (3) and (6) of subsection (b), respec-
tively. If the President approves all the plan and rec-
ommendations of the Commission, the President 
shall transmit a copy of such plan and recommenda-
tions to Congress, together with a certification of 
such approval. 
(3) DISAPPROVAL OF PLAN.—If the President 
disapproves the plan and recommendations of the 
Commission, in whole or in part, the President shall 
transmit to the Commission and Congress the rea-
sons for that disapproval. The Commission shall 
then transmit to the President, by no later than 
September 15 of the year in which the evaluation 
was carried out, a revised list of recommendations 
for the closure or realignment of agencies and pro-
grams. 
(4) APPROVAL
OF
REVISED
PLAN.—If the 
President finds that the revised plan is in accord-
ance with the criteria and limitation described in 
paragraphs (3) and (6) of subsection (b), respec-
tively, and approves all of the revised plan and rec-
ommendations of the Commission transmitted to the 
President under paragraph (3), the President shall 
transmit a copy of such revised plan and rec-
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ommendations to Congress, together with a certifi-
cation of such approval. 
(5) TERMINATION
OF
ASSESSMENT.—If the 
President does not transmit to Congress an approval 
and certification described in paragraph (2) or (4) 
by October 15 of any year in which the Commission 
has transmitted its plan and recommendations to the 
President under this section, the process by which 
agencies and programs may be selected for realign-
ment or elimination under this Act with respect to 
that year shall be terminated. 
(e) CARRYFORWARD
OF GROUPING
AND EVALUA-
TION.—If the process by which agencies and programs 
may be selected for realignment or elimination under this 
Act with respect to a year is terminated under subsection 
(d)(5) if the termination occurs in 2017 or 2019, the 
grouping of agencies and programs evaluated that year 
shall be included in the grouping evaluated under sub-
section (b)(1) in the next year an evaluation is conducted. 
SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission or, at its 
direction, any subcommittee or member of the Com-
mission, may, for the purpose of carrying out this 
Act— 
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(A) hold such hearings, sit and act at such 
times and places, take such testimony, receive 
such evidence, and administer such oaths as 
any member of the Commission considers advis-
able; 
(B) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
attendance and testimony of such witnesses as 
any member of the Commission considers advis-
able; and 
(C) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
production of such books, records, correspond-
ence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, 
and other evidentiary materials relating to any 
matter under investigation by the Commission. 
(2) TESTIMONY UNDER OATH.—All testimony 
before the Commission shall be under oath. 
(b) 
ISSUANCE
AND
ENFORCEMENT
OF
SUB-
POENAS.— 
(1) ISSUANCE.—Subpoenas issued under sub-
section (a) shall bear the signature of the chairman 
of the Commission and shall be served by any person 
or class of persons designated by the chairman for 
that purpose. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—In the case of contumacy 
or failure to obey a subpoena issued under sub-
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section (a), the United States district court for the 
judicial district in which the subpoenaed person re-
sides, is served, or may be found, may issue an order 
requiring such person to appear at any designated 
place to testify or to produce documentary or other 
evidence. Any failure to obey the order of the court 
may be punished by the court as a contempt of that 
court. 
(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart-
ment or agency such information as the Commission con-
siders necessary to carry out this Act. Upon request of 
the chairman of the Commission, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish such information to the Com-
mission. 
(d) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government. 
SEC. 6. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) NON-FEDERAL MEMBERS.—Except as pro-
vided under subsection (b), each member of the 
Commission who is not an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government shall not be compensated. 
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(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—All members of the 
Commission who are employees of the United States 
shall serve without compensation in addition to that 
received for their services as employees of the United 
States. 
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com-
mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ-
ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Commission. 
(c) STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chairman of the Com-
mission may, without regard to the civil service laws 
and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive 
director and such other additional personnel as may 
be necessary to enable the Commission to perform 
its duties. The employment of an executive director 
shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Upon the approval of the 
chairman, the executive director may fix the com-
pensation of the executive director and other per-
sonnel without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, re-
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lating to classification of positions and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for 
the executive director and other personnel may not 
exceed the maximum rate payable for a position at 
GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
of such title. 
(3) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The executive director 
and any personnel of the Commission who are 
employees shall be employees under section 
2105 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 
and 90 of that title. 
(B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 
members of the Commission. 
(d) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
(e) SECURITY CLEARANCE.—As a condition of ap-
pointment to or employment with the Commission, the 
members and staff of the Commission shall hold appro-
priate security clearances for access to any classified brief-
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ing, records, and materials that may be reviewed by the 
Commission or its staff and shall follow the guidance and 
practices on security under applicable Executive orders 
and agency directives. 
(f) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Upon the request of the 
Commission, the Librarian of Congress shall provide to 
the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, administrative 
support services, research services, and research staff nec-
essary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 
under this Act. 
(g) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The chairman of the Commission may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall terminate 120 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the final plan and 
recommendations under section 3(b). 
SEC. 8. CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT OF AGENCIES AND 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President shall— 
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(1) eliminate all agencies and programs rec-
ommended for elimination by the Commission in 
each report submitted to Congress by the President 
under section 4(d); 
(2) realign all agencies and programs rec-
ommended for realignment by such Commission in 
each such report; 
(3) initiate all such eliminations and realign-
ments no later than 2 years after the date on which 
the President submits a report to Congress under 
section 4(d) containing the recommendations for 
such eliminations or realignments; and 
(4) complete all such eliminations and realign-
ments no later than the end of the 6-year period be-
ginning on the date on which the President submits 
the report under section 4(d) containing the rec-
ommendations for such closures or realignments. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President may not 
carry out any elimination or realignment rec-
ommended in a report submitted by the President 
under section 4(d) if a joint resolution is enacted, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 9, dis-
approving such recommendations before the earlier 
of— 
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(A) the end of the 45-day period beginning 
on the date on which the President submits 
such report; or 
(B) the adjournment of Congress sine die 
for the session during which such report is sub-
mitted. 
(2) COMPUTATION OF DAYS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsections (a) 
and (c) of section 9, the days on which either House 
of Congress is not in session because of adjournment 
of more than 3 days to a day certain shall be ex-
cluded in the computation of a period. 
SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 
section 8(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 President submits 
the report to Congress under section 4(d), 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 of the Federal Realignment and 
Closure Commission as submitted by the President 
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shall remain the unfinished business of the respec-
tive House until disposed of. 
(2) DEBATE.—Debate on the resolution, and on 
all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to 
the resolution is not in order. A motion further to 
limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion 
to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation 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 dis-
agreed to is not in order. 
(3) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately 
following the conclusion of the debate on a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) and a single quorum 
call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, 
the vote on final passage of the resolution shall 
occur. 
(4) APPEALS ON DECISIONS BY THE CHAIR.— 
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 
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to consider the resolution that originated in the re-
ceiving 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, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 10. OFFSETTING RESCISSIONS. 
Of the unobligated balance of funds available for each 
of the following accounts, $3,000,000 is rescinded from 
each such account: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Office of the Secretary—General Depart-
mental Management’’. 
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(2) ‘‘Agricultural Programs—Departmental Ad-
ministration’’. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Education—Departmental 
Management—Program Administration’’. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment—Management and Administration—Admin-
istration, Operations, and Management’’. 
(5) ‘‘Department of the Interior—Departmental 
Offices—Office of the Secretary—Departmental Op-
erations’’. 
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