HR 6237
118th Congress
House
International Affairs
To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending.
Introduced: November 6, 2023
Introduced by:
Baird, James R.
Republican
· Indiana
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Became law
Nov 6, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of State to establish a program for employees to self-report fiscal waste they observe on the job. The State Department shall investigate such reports and rectify all instances of determined fiscal waste.
Employees must be allowed to make their reports confidential. The State Department must establish a departmental award for any exemplary employee who makes non-confidential submissions to the fiscal waste self-reporting program that result in significant cost savings or the cancellation of wasteful programs.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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