S 837
108th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal employees
Government downsizing
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Performance measurement
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Relocation
Senate rules and procedure
Waste in government spending
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act
Introduced: April 9, 2003
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Became law
Jun 20, 2003
Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Apr 9, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Apr 9, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5071)
Apr 9, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs; and (2) submit to Congress a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation.
Directs the President to: (1) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; and (2) submit to the Commission assessments of not less than half of the programs that use such method. Prohibits the implementation of such method until it has been reviewed and accepted by the Commission, which shall consider such assessments submitted.
Requires the President to identify common performance measures for programs having similar functions and provide the Commission with data on such measures.
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Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.