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S. 666 118th Congress Senate

Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

Official title: A bill 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: March 7, 2023 Introduced by: Margaret Wood Hassan Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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May 30, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82.
May 30, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-36.
Mar 29, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 7, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 30, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82.

 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 unnecessarily 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
  • HR 1390 Identical bill Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · May 23, 2024
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