US SB236 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 719.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 719.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Duplication Elimination Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to send Congress a proposed joint resolution and a special message within 90 days of publication of the annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on duplicative government programs. The joint resolution: (1) makes legislative changes needed to carry out the recommendations contained in the GAO report and included by the President, and (2) requires savings from the legislative changes to be transferred to the Treasury for deficit reduction. The bill requires the special message to specify: the GAO recommendations that are excluded from the proposed joint resolution, why the recommendations were excluded, and the GAO recommendations included in the joint resolution. The bill sets forth expedited procedures for congressional consideration of the joint resolution.
Title
Duplication Elimination Act of 2016
Sponsors
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV] | Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH] | Sen. David Perdue [R-GA] | Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA] |
Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-12-09 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 719. |
2016-12-09 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. |
2016-02-10 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
2015-01-22 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
HB484 (Related) 2015-01-22 - Referred to House Rules
Subjects
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government operations and politics
Legislative rules and procedure
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government operations and politics
Legislative rules and procedure
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/236/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s236/BILLS-114s236is.pdf |