Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

Bill: 117-s-2135
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction Authorization Act</strong></p> <p>This bill establishes a procedure for identifying unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative federal programs.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>The OMB may submit to Congress proposed legislation to eliminate or consolidate the programs or program activities identified.</p> <p>The list identifying unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative programs shall be included in the annual budget submitted by the President to Congress.</p>

action_date: 2022-12-14
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><strong>Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires each federal agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs.</p> <p>Specifically, each agency must compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget, that </p> <ul> <li>are unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative federal programs; </li> <li>another agency could administer more effectively; or </li> <li>could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities. </li></ul> <p>Additionally, the President must include the list of identified programs or program activities in the annual budget submitted to Congress.</p> <p>An agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified in the list.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2135 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction Authorization Act . 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: 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.

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2135 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act . 2. Identification and elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities (a) Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results Section 1122(a)(3)(D) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (vii) and (viii), respectively; (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following: (vi) to the extent practicable and consistent with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, budget justification materials described in section 3(b)(2)(B) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note); ; and (3) in clause (vii), as so redesignated, by striking accountability; and and inserting accountability, including information included in the list compiled under section 1127(b)(1); and . (b) Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1127. Identification 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). (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 20 days after the date on which the President transmits the budget of the United States Government under section 1105(a) 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— (A) is unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative of another program or program activity of the agency; (B) another agency could administer more effectively; or (C) could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities; (2) publish the list compiled under paragraph (1) in— (A) with respect to each list compiled before the date of the implementation described in section 9601(b)(3) of title XCVI of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 31 U.S.C. 1122 note) of the program inventory described in section 1122(a)(2)(B)(i) of this title, the pilot program described in section 9601(b)(2)(B) of title XCVI of that Act; and (B) with respect to each successive list, the program inventory described in section 1122(a)(2)(B)(i); and (3) submit the list compiled under paragraph (1) to— (A) the relevant congressional committees of jurisdiction of the agency; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (E) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives. (c) Recommendations Based on guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of an agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified under subsection (b)(1). . (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. Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate December 14, 2022. Secretary

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 572 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2135 [Report No. 117–216] 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 December 5, 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction Authorization Act . 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: 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act . 2. Identification and elimination of unnecessary agency programs or program activities (a) Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results Section 1122(a)(3)(D) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (vii) and (ix), respectively; (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following: (vi) to the extent practicable and consistent with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, information provided in the annual budget justification materials submitted in conjunction with the budget of the United States Government submitted under section 1105(a) in accordance with section 3(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note); ; and (3) in clause (vii), as so redesignated, by striking accountability; and and inserting accountability, including information included in the list compiled under section 1127(b)(1); and . (b) Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1127. Identification 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). (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 20 days after the date on which the President transmits the budget of the United States Government under section 1105(a) 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— (A) is unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative of another program or program activity of the agency; (B) another agency could administer more effectively; or (C) could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities; (2) publish the list compiled under paragraph (1) in— (A) with respect to each list compiled before the date of the implementation described in section 9601(b)(3) of title XCVI of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 31 U.S.C. 1122 note) of the program inventory described in section 1122(a)(2)(B)(i) of this title, the pilot program described in section 9601(b)(2)(B) of title XCVI of that Act; and (B) with respect to each successive list, the program inventory described in section 1122(a)(2)(B)(i); and (3) submit the list compiled under paragraph (1) to— (A) the relevant congressional committees of jurisdiction of the agency; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (E) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives. (c) Recommendations Based on guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of an agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified under subsection (b)(1). . (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. Identification of unnecessary agency programs or program activities . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

December 5, 2022 Reported with an amendment