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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1931 
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 
MAY 9, 2013 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. 
BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. JONES, and Mr. 
BENISHEK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
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. 
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 ‘‘Employees of America 
Streamlining for Your Savings Act of 2013’’ or the 
‘‘EASY Savings Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE CASH 
AWARDS TO EMPLOYEES FOR COST SAVING 
DISCLOSURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4512 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘or identification of surplus funds 
or unnecessary budget authority’’ after ‘‘mis-
management’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
identification’’ after ‘‘disclosure’’; and 
(C) in the matter following paragraph (2), 
by inserting ‘‘or identification’’ after ‘‘disclo-
sure’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) The Inspector General of an agency or other 
agency employee designated under subsection (b) shall 
refer to the Chief Financial Officer of the agency any po-
tential surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority 
identified by an employee under subsection (a), along with 
any recommendations of the Inspector General or other 
agency employee. 
‘‘(d)(1) If the Chief Financial Officer of an agency 
determines that rescission of potential surplus funds or 
unnecessary budget authority, identified by an employee 
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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) The head of an agency may retain not more than 
10 percent of any amounts which (but for this subsection) 
would otherwise be transferred to the general fund of the 
Treasury under subsection (d), representing surplus funds 
or unnecessary budget authority identified by an employee 
under this section, for the purpose of paying a cash award 
to such employee in accordance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(f)(1) The head of each agency shall submit to the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management an annual 
report regarding— 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 
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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 2013, 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). 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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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