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S 945 112th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure

A bill to save at least $5,000,000,000 by consolidating some duplicative and overlapping Government programs.

Introduced: May 11, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 11, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than 150 days after the enactment of this Act, to coordinate with the heads of federal agencies to: (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or streamline federal programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions as identified in the March 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue" and apply any savings towards deficit reduction; (2) report to Congress any legislative changes required to further eliminate, consolidate, or streamline such programs and agencies; (3) determine the total cost savings to each agency from the implementation of this Act; and (4) rescind from appropriate accounts the greater of $5 billion or the total amount of such cost savings.

What's happening now May 11, 2011

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1782 Related bill To implement the recommendations of the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled "Opportunities to Reduc…
  • HR 6729 Related bill To save at least $10,000,000,000 by consolidating some duplicative and overlapping Government programs.
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 11, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 945: A bill to save at least $5,000,000,000 by consolidating some duplicative and overlapping Government programs.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-945/
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