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(1) The House of Representatives must be a 
model for the responsible stewardship of taxpayer re-
sources and therefore must identify any savings that 
can be achieved through greater productivity and ef-
ficiency gains in the operation and maintenance of 
House services and resources like printing, con-
ferences, utilities, telecommunications, furniture, 
grounds maintenance, postage, and rent. This should 
include a review of policies and procedures for acqui-
sition of goods and services to eliminate any unnec-
essary spending. The Committee on House Adminis-
tration should review the policies pertaining to the 
services provided to Members and committees of the 
House, and should identify ways to reduce any sub-
sidies paid for the operation of the House gym, bar-
ber shop, salon, and the House dining room. 
(2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase 
first class airfare or to lease corporate jets for Mem-
bers of Congress. 
SEC. 708. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 
THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF UNNECES-
SARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The Government Accountability Office 
(‘‘GAO’’) is required by law to identify examples of 
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waste, duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, 
and has so identified dozens of such examples. 
(2) In testimony before the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, the Comptroller Gen-
eral has stated that addressing the identified waste, 
duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could 
potentially save tens of billions of dollars.’’ 
(3) In 2011 and 2012, the Government Ac-
countability Office issued reports showing excessive 
duplication and redundancy in Federal programs in-
cluding— 
(A) 209 ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineer-
ing, and Mathematics’’ (‘‘STEM’’) education 
programs in 13 different Federal agencies at a 
cost of $3 billion annually; 
(B) 200 separate Department of Justice 
crime prevention and victim services grant pro-
grams with an annual cost of $3.9 billion in 
2010; 
(C) 20 different Federal entities admin-
ister 160 housing programs and other forms of 
Federal assistance for housing with a total cost 
of $170 billion in 2010; 
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(D) 17 separate Homeland Security pre-
paredness grant programs that spent $37 bil-
lion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012; 
(E) 13 programs, 3 tax benefits, and one 
loan program to reduce diesel emissions; and 
(F) 94 different initiatives run by 11 dif-
ferent agencies to encourage ‘‘green building’’ 
in the private sector. 
(4) The Federal Government spends about $80 
billion each year for information technology. GAO 
has identified broad acquisition failures, waste, and 
unnecessary duplication in the Government’s infor-
mation technology infrastructure. Experts have esti-
mated that eliminating these problems could save 25 
percent – or $20 billion – of the Government’s an-
nual information technology budget. 
(5) Federal agencies reported an estimated 
$108 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 
2012. 
(6) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, each standing com-
mittee must hold at least one hearing during each 
120 day period following its establishment on waste, 
fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government pro-
grams. 
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(7) According to the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, by fiscal year 2014, 42 laws will expire, possibly 
resulting in $685 billion in unauthorized appropria-
tions. Timely reauthorizations of these laws would 
ensure assessments of program justification and ef-
fectiveness. 
(8) The findings resulting from congressional 
oversight of Federal Government programs should 
result in programmatic changes in both authorizing 
statutes and program funding levels. 
(b) POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 
THROUGH
THE
REDUCTION
OF
UNNECESSARY
AND 
WASTEFUL SPENDING.—Each authorizing committee an-
nually shall include in its Views and Estimates letter re-
quired under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the 
Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such com-
mittee whose funding should be reduced or eliminated. 
SEC. 709. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED SPEND-
ING. 
It is the policy of this resolution that the committees 
of jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs 
funded through annual appropriations to determine if the 
programs are operating efficiently and effectively. Com-
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mittees should reauthorize those programs that in the 
committees’ judgment should continue to receive funding. 
TITLE VIII—SENSE OF THE 
HOUSE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 
It is the sense of the House that— 
(1) additional legislative action is needed to en-
sure that States have the necessary resources to col-
lect all child support that is owed to families and to 
allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 
families without financial penalty; and 
(2) when 100 percent of child support payments 
are passed to the child, rather than administrative 
expenses, program integrity is improved and child 
support participation increases. 
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