Duplication Elimination Act of 2015

HB 484 Duplication Elimination Act of 2015

US Congress 114th Congress

Duplication Elimination Act of 2015
HB-484


About HB-484

Duplication Elimination Act of 2015 This bill requires the President to send Congress a proposed joint resolution and a special message within 90 days of publication of the annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on duplicative government programs. The joint resolution is limited to one that:

  • (1) makes legislative changes needed to carry out the recommendations contained in the GAO report and included by the President, and
  • (2) requires savings from the legislative changes to be transferred to the Treasury for deficit reduction

The bill requires the special message to specify: the GAO recommendations that are excluded from the proposed joint resolution, why the recommendations were excluded, and the GAO recommendations included in the joint resolution. The bill sets forth expedited procedures for congressional consideration of the joint resolution.

  

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Introduced 01/29/2015

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Introduced In House

01/22/2015

Referred To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, And In Addition To The Committee On 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.

01/22/2015

Referred To House Oversight And Government Reform

01/22/2015

Referred To House Rules

01/22/2015