3.0.0 5407 2023-01-11T13:20:07Z 2023-01-11T13:20:07Z House H HR 2010-05-26 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-05-26T14:01:52Z 2010-05-26 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2010-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 N Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodies Congressional agencies Congressional operations and organization Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Government Operations and Politics 00 2010-05-26 Introduced in House 2010-09-30T20:10:50Z Program Reform Commission Act - Establishes within the legislative branch an independent Program Reform Commission to: (1) identify federal programs that are no longer necessary or that merit modification; and (2) report to Congress with recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of such programs.

Requires the head of each federal department or agency to include in budget documents submitted for FY2012 a list of programs that it determines are no longer necessary, together with a detailed description of each program in question and recommendations for appropriate action. Directs the Commission to conduct public hearings regarding, and to review, the termination, modification, or retention of all such programs.

Expresses the sense of Congress that, following submission of the Commission's report, the House of Representatives and the Senate should promptly consider legislation to implement the Commission's recommendations.

]]> Program Reform Commission Act Display Title Program Reform Commission Act Official Title as Introduced To establish the Program Reform Commission to review and identify unnecessary Federal programs and make recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of such programs, and to express the sense of the Congress that the Congress should promptly consider legislation that would make the changes in law necessary to implement the recommendations. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Program Reform Commission Act Introduced in House 2010-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5407ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5407ih.xml 2010-05-26 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.