Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act

Bill: 118-hr-1194
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-24
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

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Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consider the Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) annual report on ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government when preparing the President's annual budget. </p> <p>Specifically, the President and OMB must consider the information and recommendations contained in the most recent GAO report titled<i> Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits. </i></p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1194 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2023 Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Carey , Mr. Case , Ms. Craig , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Fallon , Mrs. Hinson , Mr. Molinaro , Mr. Phillips , Mr. Rutherford , Ms. Salazar , Ms. Schrier , and Mr. Webster of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to consider the Government Accountability Office’s annual report on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Government when preparing the President’s annual budget submission, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act . 2. Consideration of GAO report when preparing annual budget submission Section 1105 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) When preparing any budget pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the President and the Office of Management and Budget shall consider information and recommendations contained in the most recently published Government Accountability Office report entitled Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits (or successor report). .