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Reforming and Consolidating Government Act of 2012

Introduced: February 17, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 21, 2012
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-531.
Feb 17, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 17, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reforming and Consolidating Government Act of 2012 - Defines "efficiency-enhancing plan," for purposes of executive authority to reorganize federal agencies, as a reorganization plan that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determines will or is likely to result in a decrease in the number of agencies or cost savings in performing the functions that are the subject of the plan.

Expands executive authority to reorganize federal agencies by allowing: (1) the creation of a new executive department or the abolition or renaming of an existing department, (2) the consolidation of two or more departments, and (3) the creation of a new agency that is not a component or part of an existing executive department.

Allows a provision in a reorganization plan to take effect only if such plan is transmitted to Congress within two years of the enactment of this Act and is an efficiency-enhancing plan.

What's happening now March 21, 2012

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-531.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4409 Related bill Government Agency Reform Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Feb 17, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2129: Reforming and Consolidating Government Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2129/
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"S. 2129: Reforming and Consolidating Government Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2129/.
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