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Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the President and the Office of Management and Budget to look at the Government Accountability Office's annual report about government waste when they create the yearly federal budget. The goal is to help the government spend money more efficiently by considering recommendations to reduce waste, duplication and overlap across agencies.

Who It Affects

The President and the Office of Management and Budget.

Key Provisions

• The President and the Office of Management and Budget must consider information and recommendations from the most recently published Government Accountability Office report titled "Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits" (or its successor report) when preparing the annual budget (Sec. 2).

What Changes

The law adds a new requirement that the President and Office of Management and Budget take the Government Accountability Office's report into account when creating the federal budget each year. This report recommends ways to cut government waste and save money.

Important Definitions

None defined in the bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1194 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to consider the Government Accountability Office’s annual report on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Government when preparing the Presi- dent’s annual budget submission, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 24, 2023 Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Mr. CAREY, Mr. CASE, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. FALLON, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. RUTH- ERFORD, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Presi- dent to consider the Government Accountability Office’s annual report on how to improve the efficiency and effec- tiveness of Government when preparing the President’s annual budget submission, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Presidential 4 Budget Waste Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1194.IH H1194 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1194 IH SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF GAO REPORT WHEN PRE- 1 PARING ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSION. 2 Section 1105 of title 5, United States Code, is 3 amended by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘(j) When preparing any budget pursuant to sub- 5 section (a) for a fiscal year, the President and the Office 6 of Management and Budget shall consider information 7 and recommendations contained in the most recently pub- 8 lished Government Accountability Office report entitled 9 ‘Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Over- 10 lap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in 11 Financial Benefits’ (or successor report).’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1194.IH H1194 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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