US Congress House Bill 586 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1-1)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-28 - Referred to House Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Government Waste Reduction Act of 2015 Establishes the Independent Government Waste Reduction Board, the membership of which shall include individuals with national recognition for expertise in agencies, waste reduction, finance and economics, and actuarial sciences. Sets forth the duties of the Board, including: (1) analyzing organizational practices and management challenges of agencies; (2) assessing federal programs for economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and identifying best practices of agencies, and (3) submitting to Congress and the President a report on specific implementation of the recommendations from Government Accountability Office reports issued in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 on reducing duplication in government programs. Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of the Board's recommendations.

Government Waste Reduction Act of 2015

Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-28	House	Referred to House Rules
2015-01-28	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-01-28	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
2015-01-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/586/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr586/BILLS-114hr586ih.pdf