HR 5499 114th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Executive agency funding and structure Intellectual property User charges and fees

Agency Accountability Act of 2016

Introduced: June 16, 2016 Introduced by: Palmer, Gary J. Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

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Jun 21, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Jun 16, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jun 16, 2016

Introduced in House

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Agency Accountability Act of 2016

This bill requires any agency that receives a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement to deposit the amount in the general fund of the Treasury. The funds may not be used unless the funding is provided in advance in an appropriations bill.

Any amounts deposited during the fiscal year in which this bill is enacted may not be obligated during the fiscal year and must be used for deficit reduction.

The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require offsetting receipts and collections to be treated as revenue. (Offsetting receipts and collections are funds collected by agencies from other government accounts or from the public in businesslike or market-oriented transactions. Under current law, the collections are treated as negative budget authority and outlays rather than revenue and may be used to offset spending for budget enforcement purposes.)

The requirements of the bill do not apply to the U.S. Postal Service or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the USPTO must submit annually to Congress a report describing any fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement collected by the USPTO during the previous year.

What's happening now June 21, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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