SAVE Act

Bill: 113-hr-1999
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Aquaculture
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Medicaid
Medicare
Metals
Motor fuels
Nuclear power
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Seafood
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency Act or the SAVE Act - Requires within six months after the enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop and publish a national strategy for managing excess and underutilized federal real property; and (2) the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and implement a plan to improve the Federal Real Property Profile that ensures the data collected is complete, accurate, and consistent.
 
Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance to federal agencies for reinvigorating the role of the competition advocate.
 
Requires OMB to issue government-wide savings goals for the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive agencies. 
 
Requires agency chief information officers to report to OMB on agency efforts to identify and eliminate potentially duplicative information technology investment. 
 
Requires the Federal Chief Information Officer to develop and implement the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative to optimize the usage and efficiency of federal data centers. Requires OMB to issue recommendations for reducing or consolidating the number of federal data centers by at least 40% by the end of FY2018 and by at least 80% by the end of FY2023.
 
Rescinds unobligated budget authority for the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. 
 
Amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit to Congress a report on efforts to finalize plans and schedules for fully implementing and expanding the use of the Integrated Data Repository and on actions taken to plan, schedule, and conduct training on the One Program Integrity System. 
 
Amends the USEC Privatization Act to expand the definition of &quot;uranium&quot; for purposes of transfers and sales to include depleted uranium and any byproduct of uranium processing. 
 
Requires OMB to develop a strategy to assess the collective results of federal funding for the reduction of mobile source diesel emissions and to identify and eliminate any unnecessary duplication, overlap, and fragmentation of such activities. 
 
Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish or shellfish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in House