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COST Savings Resolution

Introduced: April 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Apr 15, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Oversight to Start Taxpayer Savings Resolution or COST Savings Resolution - 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 April 15, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 2 Republican 3
R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 15, 2013
Rokita, Todd
· May 8, 2013
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 16, 2013
Coffman, Mike
· Apr 15, 2013
Delaney, John
· Apr 15, 2013
Flores, Bill
· Apr 15, 2013
Gerlach, Jim
· Apr 15, 2013
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Apr 15, 2013
Lance, Leonard
· Apr 15, 2013
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Apr 15, 2013
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Apr 15, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Apr 15, 2013
Renacci, James
· Apr 15, 2013
Yoder, Kevin
· Apr 15, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 160: COST Savings Resolution. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-160/
MLA
"H. Res. 160: COST Savings Resolution." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-160/.
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H. Res. 160, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-160/.
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[H. Res. 160: COST Savings Resolution](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-160/)
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