COST Savings Resolution

Bill: 115-sres-119
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-04-06
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government studies and investigations

Legislative rules and procedure

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2430)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Congressional Oversight to Start Taxpayer Savings Resolution or the COST Savings Resolution</strong></p> <p> Requires each standing committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) with jurisdiction, after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports annually to Congress on federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities, to conduct hearings on the report's recommendations for consolidation and elimination of the program, agency, office, or initiative.</p> <p>Requires each standing committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) with jurisdiction over any agency or program area on a High Risk List published by the GAO to conduct hearings on the vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or need for transformation, of the agency or program area. </p> <p>Authorizes committees to hold joint hearings for any program, agency, office, initiative, or program area over which more than one standing committee has jurisdiction.</p>

tv_txt: III 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 119 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 6 (legislative day, April 4), 2017 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Peters ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs RESOLUTION Requiring authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on Government Accountability Office investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Congressional Oversight to Start Taxpayer Savings Resolution or the COST Savings Resolution . 2. Requiring committee hearings on Government Accountability Office reports (a) Duplication reports Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States transmits each annual report to Congress identifying programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities within the Government under section 21 of the Joint Resolution entitled Joint Resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt ( Public Law 111–139 ; 31 U.S.C. 712 note), each standing committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) with jurisdiction over any such program, agency, office, or initiative covered by that report shall conduct hearings on the recommendations for consolidation and elimination of such program, agency, office, or initiative. (b) High Risk List Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States publishes a High Risk List, or any successor thereto, each standing committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) with jurisdiction over any agency or program area on the High Risk List shall conduct hearings on the vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or need for transformation, of the agency or program area. (c) Joint hearings For any program, agency, office, initiative, or program area over which more than 1 standing committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) has jurisdiction, to the extent determined beneficial and appropriate by the Chairmen of the committees, the committees may hold joint hearings under subsection (a) or (b).