I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 579 
To provide for incentives for agencies and the judiciary to increase operating 
efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Mr. WEBSTER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for incentives for agencies and the judiciary to 
increase operating efficiency. 
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 ‘‘To Help Reduce Ineffi-
cient Federal Tendencies Act of 2015’’ or as the 
‘‘THRIFT Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. AGENCY INCENTIVE AND SAVINGS PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—In order to provide an incentive for 
agencies and the judicial branch to re-engineer business 
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processes and otherwise increase operating efficiency, it is 
the intent of the Congress to allow agencies and the judi-
cial branch to retain a portion of the savings produced 
by internally generated agency or judicial branch program 
efficiencies and cost reductions. 
(b) RETENTION OF FUNDS.—To be eligible to retain 
funds, an agency or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 
Court must submit a plan and an associated request to 
amend its approved operating budget to the committees 
of Congress having jurisdiction over appropriations speci-
fying— 
(1) the modifications to approved programs re-
sulting in efficiencies and cost savings; 
(2) the amount and source of the funds and po-
sitions saved; 
(3) the specific positions, rate, amounts, and 
sources of funds the agency or the judicial branch 
wishes to include in its incentive expenditures; 
(4) how the agency or the judicial branch will 
meet the goals and objectives established in its stra-
tegic plans; 
(5) how the agency or the judicial branch will 
meet performance standards, including those in its 
performance plans; and 
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(6) any other incentive expenditures which the 
agency or the judicial branch believes will enhance 
its performance. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—All plans and budg-
et amendments submitted to the committees of Congress 
having jurisdiction over appropriations pursuant to this 
section shall be delivered at least 30 days prior to the date 
of the committee meetings at which the request will be 
considered. 
(d) DETERMINATION.—In determining the amount 
the agency or the judicial branch will be allowed to retain, 
the committees shall consider the actual savings projected 
for the current budget year and the annualized savings. 
(e) AMOUNT OF FUNDING RETAINED.—The amount 
to be retained by the agency or the judicial branch shall 
be no less than 5 percent and no more than 25 percent 
of the annual savings and may be used by the agency or 
the judicial branch for salary increases, including awards 
authorized in section 4512 of title 5, United States Code, 
or other expenditures specified in the agency’s or the judi-
cial branch’s plan if the salary increases or other expendi-
tures do not create a recurring cost to the Treasury in 
excess of the recurring savings achieved by the agency or 
the judicial branch in the plan. 
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(f) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET REQUEST.—Each agen-
cy or judicial branch allowed to retain funds pursuant to 
this section shall submit in its next budget request a 
schedule showing how it used such funds. 
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