Title: Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction Authorization Act
This bill establishes a procedure for identifying unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative federal programs.
Specifically, the bill requires the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The OMB may submit to Congress proposed legislation to eliminate or consolidate the programs or program activities identified.
The list identifying unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative programs shall be included in the annual budget submitted by the President to Congress.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2135 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2135

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating 
 Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2021

 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating 
 Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction 
Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AGENCY PROGRAMS OR PROGRAM 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1127. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program 
              activities
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 1108(a).
            ``(2) Program.--The term `program' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 1122(a)(1), as amended by section 9601(a) 
        of title XCVI of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
        283).
            ``(3) Program activity.--The term `program activity' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 1115(h).
    ``(b) Agency Identification of Unnecessary Programs or Program 
Activities.--Not later than the date on which the Chief Operating 
Officer of each agency is required to provide a count of plans and 
programs under section 1125(a)(4) each year, and based on guidance 
provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Chief Operating Officer of each agency shall--
            ``(1) compile a list that identifies any program or program 
        activity of the agency that is unnecessary, defunct, or 
        duplicative of another program or program activity of the 
        agency;
            ``(2) in consultation with the congressional committees 
        that oversee a program or program activity identified under 
        paragraph (1), determine--
                    ``(A) whether the program or program activity is 
                unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative of another program 
                or program activity of the agency; and
                    ``(B) whether the program or program activity could 
                be eliminated or consolidated with another program or 
                program activity of the agency or the Federal 
                Government;
            ``(3) refine the list compiled under paragraph (1), in 
        accordance with the determinations made under paragraph (2); 
        and
            ``(4) submit to the Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget the list refined under paragraph (3).
    ``(c) Proposed Legislation.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget may submit to Congress proposed legislation to 
eliminate or consolidate the programs or program activities identified 
in the lists submitted under subsection (b)(4).''.
    (b) Inclusion in Budget.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(40) the lists identifying unnecessary, defunct, or 
        duplicative programs or program activities submitted to the 
        Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 
        1127(b)(4).''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 11 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``1127. Elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program 
                            activities''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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