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Union Calendar No. 246 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 378 
[Report No. 115–341] 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the authority under which 
Federal agencies may pay cash awards to employees for making cost 
saving disclosures, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2017 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN (for himself and Mr. COOPER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
OCTOBER 10, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the author-
ity under which Federal agencies may pay cash awards 
to employees for making cost saving disclosures, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Bonuses for Cost-Cutters 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. COST SAVINGS ENHANCEMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4511 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Defini-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Definitions’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘this subchapter, the term’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) the term’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘wasteful expenses’ means amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses accounts, op-
erations and maintenance accounts, or other equiva-
lent accounts— 
‘‘(A) that are identified by an employee of 
the agency under section 4512(a) as wasteful; 
and 
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‘‘(B) that the Chief Financial Officer of the 
agency determines are not required for the pur-
pose for which the amounts were made avail-
able.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Section 4512 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘The head of an agency 
may pay a cash award to any employee of such 
agency whose identification of wasteful expenses 
to the Chief Financial Officer of the agency has 
resulted in cost savings for the agency.’’ after the 
first sentence; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘Chief Financial Offi-
cer,’’ after ‘‘Inspector General,’’ ; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘employee designated 
under subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘des-
ignated employee’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or identification’’ 
after ‘‘disclosure’’; and 
(D) in the matter following paragraph 
(2)— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘, Chief Financial Of-
ficer,’’ after ‘‘Inspector General’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or identification’’ 
after ‘‘disclosure’’; 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘awards per-
mitted under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘awards for 
the disclosure of fraud, waste, or mismanagement 
under this section’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) If the Chief Financial Officer of the agency de-
termines that potential wasteful expenses identified by an 
employee meet the requirements of section 4511(a)(2)(B), 
the head of the agency shall notify the President for pur-
poses of proposing the expenses for rescission under title X 
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) In the case of an agency for which there is no 
Chief Financial Officer, the head of the agency shall des-
ignate an agency employee who shall have the authority to 
make the determinations for identification of wasteful ex-
penses under this section. 
‘‘(d) The head of each agency shall make available, 
along with, and in the same manner and form as, the provi-
sion of information required under section 1116 of title 31, 
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information on disclosures of wasteful expenses under this 
section, including— 
‘‘(1) a description of each disclosure of possible 
wasteful expenses identified by an employee and de-
termined by the agency to have merit; and 
‘‘(2) the number and amount of cash awards 
provided by the agency under subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) An individual may not receive a cash award 
under this subchapter if the individual is— 
‘‘(1) an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Inspector General of an agency; or 
‘‘(2) ineligible for a cash award under section 
4509. 
‘‘(f) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that the cash award program of each 
agency complies with this section; and 
‘‘(2) submit to Congress an annual certification 
indicating whether the cash award program of each 
agency complies with this section. 
‘‘(g) Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of the Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017, and every 3 
years thereafter for 6 years, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a report on the oper-
ation of the cost savings and awards program under this 
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section, including any recommendations for legislative 
changes.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 
table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 45 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 4511 and inserting the following: 
‘‘4511. Definitions and general provisions.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 246 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 378 
[Report No. 115–341] 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance 
the authority under which Federal agencies may 
pay cash awards to employees for making cost 
saving disclosures, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 10, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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