US Congress House Bill 6729 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-01 - Referred to House Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than 150 days after the enactment of this Act, to coordinate with the heads of federal agencies to: (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or streamline federal programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions as identified in the February 2012 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue" and the March 2011 GAO report entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue" and apply any savings towards deficit reduction; (2) report to Congress any legislative changes required to further eliminate, consolidate, or streamline such programs and agencies; (3) determine the total cost savings to each agency from the implementation of this Act; and (4) rescind from appropriate accounts the greater of $10 billion or the total amount of such cost savings.

To save at least $10,000,000,000 by consolidating some duplicative and overlapping Government programs.

Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-01	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2013-01-01	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-01-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

HB1782 (Related) 2011-05-05 - Referred to House Appropriations
SB945 (Related) 2011-05-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6729/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6729/BILLS-112hr6729ih.pdf