US Congress House Bill 1648 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 19 2009 - Referred to House Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fiscal Integrity through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate to consider any budget resolution for any fiscal year if the percentage increase for the projected total outlays compared to the projected total outlays for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the allowable growth percentage, as determined according to a specified formula. Requires a super majority vote in either chamber to waive or suspend such prohibition. Requires federal departments and agencies to report annually to the Comptroller General, and federal intelligence departments and agencies and their intelligence-related divisions to report annually to the House Select Committee on Intelligence, on total department or agency operating costs for the year, with a separate statement detailing waste, fraud, and abuse during such year. Requires each federal department or agency to design and implement a plan to reduce its operational costs from $.36 to $.15 of every $1.00 appropriated to it (or reduce such costs by 41.67%) through the use of new technologies and standard management practices. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include, on each federal tax return, a statement of the aggregate dollar amount of waste, fraud, and abuse by all federal departments and agencies for the most recent year accounted for.

Fiscal Integrity Through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009

Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-19		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-19		Referred to House Rules
2009-03-19		Referred to House Budget
2009-03-19		Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2009-03-19		Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN01648:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1648ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr1648ih.pdf