3.0.0 6105 2022-02-03T05:17:52Z 2022-02-03T05:17:52Z House H HR 2008-05-21 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:00:40Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:00:35Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:00:30Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:00:25Z 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2008-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 N J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2008-05-21 True C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2008-05-21 True S000244 Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] F. SENSENBRENNER R WI JAMES 5 2008-06-03 False K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 2008-06-05 False T000260 Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] TODD TIAHRT R KS 4 2008-06-09 False Economics and Public Finance Budget resolutions Congress Congressional ethics Congressional publicity Congressional reporting requirements Congressional voting Federal budgets Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government spending reductions House rules and procedure Income tax Law Members of Congress Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Tax returns Taxation Technological innovations Waste in government spending Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-05-21 Introduced in House 2008-06-27T15:35:14Z Fiscal Integrity through Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate to consider any budget resolution for any fiscal year if the percentage increase for the projected total outlays compared to the projected total outlays for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the allowable growth percentage, as determined according to a specified formula.

Requires a super majority vote in either chamber to waive or suspend such prohibition.

Requires federal departments and agencies to report annually to the Comptroller General, and federal intelligence departments and agencies and their intelligence-related divisions to report annually to the House Select Committee on Intelligence, on total department or agency operating costs for the year, with a separate statement detailing waste, fraud, and abuse during such year.

Requires each federal department or agency to design and implement a plan to reduce its operational costs from $.36 to $.15 of every $1.00 appropriated to it (or reduce such costs by 41.67%) through the use of new technologies and standard management practices.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include, on each federal tax return, a statement of the aggregate dollar amount of waste, fraud, and abuse by all federal departments and agencies for the most recent year accounted for.

Requires all requests for earmarks received by the congressional appropriations committtees or subcommittees to be posted on their respective websites at least 14 calendar days before mark-up of the applicable measure.

Requires each such posting to include the name of the requesting Member, the cost of the earmark, and a justification of its need.

]]> Fiscal Integrity through Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Fiscal Integrity through Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008 Display Title Fiscal Integrity through Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that concurrent resolutions on the budget limit the growth of Federal spending to the mean of annual percentage growth of wages and gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6105ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6105ih.xml 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. 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.