under subsection (a), would not hinder the effectiveness 
of the agency, the head of the agency shall transfer the 
amount of the surplus funds or unnecessary budget au-
thority from the applicable appropriations account to the 
general fund of the Treasury, except as provided in sub-
section (e). 
‘‘(2) Title X of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) 
shall not apply to transfers under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) Any amounts transferred under paragraph (1) 
shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit re-
duction, except that in the case of a fiscal year for which 
there is no Federal budget deficit, such amounts shall be 
used to reduce the Federal debt, in such manner as the 
Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate. 
‘‘(e)(1) The head of an agency may retain not more 
than 10 percent of amounts to be transferred to the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury under subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) Amounts retained by the head of an agency 
under paragraph (1) may be— 
‘‘(A) used for the purpose of paying a cash 
award under subsection (a) to 1 or more employees 
who identified the surplus funds or unnecessary 
budget authority; and 
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‘‘(B) to the extent amounts remain after paying 
cash awards under subsection (a), transferred or re-
programmed for use by the agency, in accordance 
with any limitation on such a transfer or reprogram-
ming under any other provision of law. 
‘‘(f)(1) The head of each agency shall submit to the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management an annual 
report regarding— 
‘‘(A) each disclosure of fraud, waste, or mis-
management or identification of surplus funds or 
unnecessary budget authority, made under sub-
section (a) by an employee of the agency, which is 
determined by the agency to have merit; 
‘‘(B) the total savings achieved through disclo-
sures and identifications described in subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(C) the number and amount of cash awards by 
the agency under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall submit to Congress and the Government Ac-
countability Office an annual report on Federal cost sav-
ing and awards based on the reports under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall— 
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‘‘(A) ensure that the cash award program of 
each agency complies with this section; and 
‘‘(B) submit to Congress an annual certification 
indicating whether the cash award program of each 
agency complies with this section. 
‘‘(g)(1) The head of each agency shall include the in-
formation described in subsection (f)(1) in each budget re-
quest of the agency submitted to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget as part of the preparation of the budget 
of the President submitted to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of the EASY Savings Act of 2015, and every 3 years 
thereafter, the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the operation of the cost savings and 
awards program under this section, including rec-
ommendations for any legislative changes which the 
Comptroller General considers appropriate.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4509 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4509. Prohibition of cash award to certain officers 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘agency’ refers to any agency within the meaning of 
section 551(1) or 4501(1). 
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‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.—An officer may not receive a 
cash award under this subchapter if such officer— 
‘‘(1) is the head of an agency; 
‘‘(2) serves in— 
‘‘(A) a position under section 5312 (relat-
ing to positions at level I of the Executive 
Schedule); or 
‘‘(B) a position for which the compensation 
is set in statute by reference to section 5312 or 
level I of the Executive Schedule; or 
‘‘(3) is a voting member of an independent es-
tablishment.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 4509 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘4509. Prohibition of cash award to certain officers.’’. 
Æ 
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