Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act

Bill: 117-s-4128
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-05-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight

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Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in its annual report to Congress, to consolidate matters for congressional consideration into one report, organized by policy topic, and to identify congressional oversight actions that can help agencies implement unimplemented priority recommendations. The GAO is also required to publish the above information and publish any known costs of unimplemented priority recommendations.</p>

action_date: 2022-11-28
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in its annual report to Congress, to consolidate matters for congressional consideration into one report, organized by policy topic, and to identify congressional oversight actions that can help agencies implement unimplemented priority recommendations. The GAO is also required to publish the above information and publish any known costs of unimplemented priority recommendations.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4128 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 3, 2022 Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to provide certain information with respect to unimplemented priority recommendations as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act . 2. Government Accountability Office unimplemented priority recommendations The Comptroller General of the United States shall, as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to committees of Congress— (1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Consideration from the Government Accountability Office in one report organized by policy topic that includes the amount of time such Matters have been unimplemented and submit such report to congressional leadership and the oversight committees of each House; (2) with respect to the annual letters sent by the Comptroller General to individual agency heads and relevant congressional committees on the status of unimplemented priority recommendations, identify any additional congressional oversight actions that can help agencies implement such priority recommendations and address any underlying issues relating to such implementation; (3) make publicly available the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and (4) publish any known costs of unimplemented priority recommendations, as applicable.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 566 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4128 [Report No. 117–213] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 3, 2022 Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs November 28, 2022 Reported by Mr. Peters , with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to provide certain information with respect to unimplemented priority recommendations as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act . 2. Government Accountability Office unimplemented priority recommendations The Comptroller General of the United States shall, as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to committees of Congress— (1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Consideration from the Government Accountability Office in one report organized by policy topic that includes the amount of time such Matters have been unimplemented and submit such report to congressional leadership and the oversight committees of each House; (2) with respect to the annual letters sent by the Comptroller General to individual agency heads and relevant congressional committees on the status of unimplemented priority recommendations, identify any additional congressional oversight actions that can help agencies implement such priority recommendations and address any underlying issues relating to such implementation; (3) make publicly available the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and (4) publish any known costs of unimplemented priority recommendations, as applicable.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act . 2. Government Accountability Office unimplemented priority recommendations The Comptroller General of the United States shall, as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to committees of Congress— (1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Consideration from the Government Accountability Office in one report organized by policy topic that includes the amount of time such Matters have been unimplemented and submit such report to congressional leadership and the oversight committees of each House; (2) with respect to the annual letters sent by the Comptroller General to individual agency heads and relevant congressional committees on the status of unimplemented priority recommendations, identify any additional congressional oversight actions that can help agencies implement such priority recommendations and address any underlying issues relating to such implementation; (3) make publicly available the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and (4) publish any known costs of unimplemented priority recommendations, if applicable.

November 28, 2022 Reported with an amendment