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H.R. 6789 117th Congress House

Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 20, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Feb 18, 2022
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 Latest action February 18, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

This bill requires each federal agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs.

Specifically, each agency must compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget, that

  • are unnecessary, defunct, or duplicative federal programs;
  • another agency could administer more effectively; or
  • could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities.

Additionally, the President must include the list of identified programs or program activities in the annual budget submitted to Congress.

An agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified in the list.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2135 Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act
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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Cline, Ben
Virginia · Sep 20, 2022
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Donalds, Byron
Florida · Mar 9, 2022
O'Halleran, Tom
· Feb 18, 2022
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