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A bill to establish a Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.

Introduced: August 2, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Aug 2, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishes the Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.

Directs the President to: (1) designate two Commission co-chairpersons; (2) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; (3) divide such programs into four equal budgetary parts; (4) submit to the Commission annual assessments of the programs within each part (one each year) that use such method; and (5) identify common performance measures for programs having similar functions and provide the Commission with data on such measures.

Requires the Commission to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs identified in each assessment; (2) consider submitted assessments in evaluating programs; and (3) submit to Congress each of the next four years a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation.

What's happening now August 2, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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