3.0.0 3481 2019-02-20T23:42:50Z 2019-02-24T01:14:17Z Senate S S 2012-08-02 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-08-02T15:14:07Z 2012-08-02 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2012-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2012-08-02 True Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Transportation costs Travel and tourism Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-29T22:00:10Z Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses and Conferences Act of 2012 - Prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for two years after the end of a fiscal year in which the Inspector General of the agency or the Comptroller General (GAO) makes a finding that conduct of the employee resulted in fraud, waste, abuse, or a violation of contracting requirements (adverse finding).  Requires repayment of a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made.

Prohibits an agency from sponsoring a conference that is expected to cost more than $200,000 without the agency head's approval. 

]]> Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses and Conferences Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses and Conferences Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to appropriately limit the authority to award bonuses to employees and to require approval of high cost Government conferences and reporting regarding Government conferences. Display Title Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses and Conferences Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3481is/xml/BILLS-112s3481is.xml 2012-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.