domestic product (GDP) for the United States for the 
most recent calendar year for which such data may be ob-
tained from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis (BEA) of the Department of Com-
merce compared to the immediately preceding calendar 
year before the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
the applicable fiscal year is reported by the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives or Senate, as 
the case may be. 
‘‘(c) SUPER MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR WAIVER.— 
Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in the House 
of Representatives or the Senate by a two-thirds vote of 
its Members voting, a quorum being present.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Act of 1974 is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 315 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Constraining the Growth of the Federal Government.’’. 
TITLE II—EFFICIENCY AND RE-
SPONSIBILITY 
FROM 
THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
SEC. 201. ANNUAL REPORTS BY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 
AND AGENCIES TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY OFFICE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal depart-
ment and agency annually shall submit to the Comptroller 
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General a report on the total operating costs of the depart-
ment or agency for the year covered by the report, with 
a separate statement containing details on waste, fraud, 
and abuse during such year. 
(b) AUDIT BY GAO.—Each year the Comptroller 
General shall randomly select 10 percent of the reports 
submitted under subsection (a) and audit the reports. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Each 
intelligence department and agency of the Federal Govern-
ment, and each intelligence-related division within a de-
partment or agency, shall submit to the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives the total 
operating costs of the agency, department, or division for 
the year covered by the report, with a separate statement 
containing details on waste, fraud, and abuse during such 
year. 
(d) FIRST REPORTS.—The first reports under this 
section shall be submitted not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. ANNUAL REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 
(a) ANNUAL GAO REPORT ON REPORTS OF FED-
ERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—The Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress an annual report on the 
results of the reports submitted under section 201(a). 
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(b) FIRST REPORT.—The first report under this sec-
tion shall be submitted not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. PLAN FOR REDUCTION OF OPERATIONAL COSTS 
OF FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal 
department or agency shall design a plan to reduce its 
operational costs from $.36 of every $1.00 appropriated 
to the department or agency to $.15 of every $1.00 (or 
reduce their operational costs by 41.67 percent) appro-
priated to the department or agency through the use of 
new technologies and standard management practices. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.—Not later than 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, each 
Federal department or agency shall implement the plan 
for the department or agency developed under subsection 
(a). 
(c) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS.—Each Federal de-
partment or agency shall submit to Congress a report each 
year detailing the progress of the department or agency 
in implementing the plan for the department or agency 
developed under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 204. INFORMING TAXPAYERS. 
(a) STATEMENT TO APPEAR ON TAX RETURNS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall include, on each form 
for making the return of tax imposed under chapter 1 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a statement of the 
aggregate dollar amount of waste, fraud, and abuse by all 
Federal departments and agencies for the most recent 
year for which the Secretary has received information 
under subsection (b). 
(b) 
DETERMINATION
OF
AGGREGATE
WASTE, 
FRAUD, AND ABUSE BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 
Comptroller General shall annually report to the Secretary 
of the Treasury the aggregate dollar amount of waste, 
fraud, and abuse by all Federal departments and agencies 
as determined by the Comptroller General on the basis of 
the reports submitted by Federal departments and agen-
cies under section 201. 
Æ 
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