3.0.0 3479 2023-01-11T13:18:22Z 2023-01-11T13:18:22Z House H HR 2009-07-31 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-23T14:17:19Z Referred to 2009-07-31T13:23:41Z 2009-10-23 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Committee 2009-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2009-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 N Government Operations and Politics Budget deficits and national debt Executive agency funding and structure Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-07-31 Introduced in House 2009-10-05T18:56:39Z Scrapping Unsustainable Redundant Programs Leaves Us Solvent Act of 2009 or the SURPLUS Act - Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Interior, Labor, State, Transportation (DOT), Treasury, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) determine if any federal programs within his or her agency are duplicative; (2) submit to Congress, and make available to the public, a report on the results; and (3) terminate or consolidate programs performing similar functions, except for any program that is required or authorized by statute.

Considers to be duplicative: (1) a grant program the purpose of which the Secretary determines to be to benefit a specific group that is identical or substantially similar to a group that is eligible for another grant program; and (2) any other program the Secretary determines to be performing the same essential function as another program.

]]> Scrapping Unsustainable Redundant Programs Leaves Us Solvent Act of 2009 Display Title Scrapping Unsustainable Redundant Programs Leaves Us Solvent Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To eliminate duplicative Government programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Scrapping Unsustainable Redundant Programs Leaves Us Solvent Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced SURPLUS Act Introduced in House 2009-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3479ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3479ih.xml 2009-10-23 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.