To provide for reduction of the Federal budget deficit by reducing wasteful government spending.

Bill: 108-hr-3164
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to research
Federal budgets
Federal officials
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Abolishes the following Federal agencies: (1) the U.S. Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board; (2) The Council on Environmental Quality; and (3) The Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 
 
Directs the President to ensure that the total number of political appointees, as defined by this Act, does not exceed 2,000 after September 30, 2004. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House