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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of…

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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.

Introduced: March 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Mar 3, 2011
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Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) with the proper jurisdiction, after the Comptroller General reports annually to Congress on federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities, to conduct hearings on the report's recommendations for consolidation and elimination of the program or agency.

What's happening now March 3, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 3
Black, Diane
· Mar 8, 2011
Coffman, Mike
· Mar 8, 2011
BRADY, KEVIN
· Mar 3, 2011
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Mar 3, 2011
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Mar 3, 2011
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 3, 2011
Rokita, Todd
· Mar 3, 2011
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Mar 3, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 142: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-142/
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"H. Res. 142: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-142/.
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H. Res. 142, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-142/.
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[H. Res. 142: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-142/)
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