3.0.0 2252 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z House H HR 2007-05-09 110 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-16T13:36:47Z Referred to 2007-05-09T14:00:54Z 2007-05-16 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Committee 2007-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2007-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000487 Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40] ED ROYCE R CA 40 N Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Congress Congressional reporting requirements Congressional veto Cost accounting Cost control Economics and Public Finance Executive orders Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal budget process Federal budgets Government downsizing Government publicity Governmental investigations Law Legislation Legislative resolutions Nonprofit organizations Presidential appointments Presidential commissions Privatization Productivity in government Public meetings Social Welfare Waste in government spending Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-05-09 Introduced in House 2007-06-29T17:59:36Z Government Reform Act of 2007 - Establishes a Government Reform Commission to: (1) examine the current configuration of executive agencies and investigate their duties and responsibilities; (2) review agency operational jurisdictions to determine whether areas of overlap exist and whether the mission of any agency has become obsolete; (3) review and report to the President and Congress on existing Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Inspector General reports, together with any other existing governmental and nongovernmental recommendations, including those offered by the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, for reducing waste in executive agencies; (4) submit to the President and Congress a proposed reorganization plan which shall provide for the realignment or closure of executive agencies to reduce duplication of services and increase productivity; and (5) transmit a copy of the plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall issue a public report detailing the predicted savings in federal expenditures that would result from implementing such plan.

Sets forth separate provisions for presidential and congressional consideration of and actions on the proposed reorganization plan.

]]> Government Reform Act of 2007 Display Title Government Reform Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To create a national commission, modeled after the successful Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, to establish a timely, independent, and fair process for realigning or closing outdated, ineffective, or inefficient executive agencies. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Government Reform Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2252ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2252ih.xml 2007-05-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.