3.0.0 2781 2023-01-11T13:24:30Z 2023-01-11T13:24:30Z House H HR 2013-07-22 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PETERS of California:H.R. 2781.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8[Page H4857]]]> hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-07-22T16:02:50Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-07-22T16:02:45Z 2013-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 hsap00 Appropriations Committee 2013-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 2013-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 N K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2013-07-22 True Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Economics and Public Finance 00 2013-07-22 Introduced in House 2013-09-11T19:18:39Z Stop Paying Something for Nothing Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by March 31 of each year, to report to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Budget Committees on: (1) each grant account exceeding three months past the grant end date; and (2) the total unexpended balance, the amount of obligated but unexpended funds, and the amount of unobligated funds in each such account for each agency. Requires the report to be made public on the OMB website.

Requires rescission and return to the Tresury general fund, on the date of the report's submittal, of any unobligated amounts in an expired grant account not listed in the report.

Requires the head of the relevant agency, within four months after a grant account is published on the OMB website, to close that grant account in the Payment Management System if the final report required by OMB Circular No. A-110 was filed more than 36 months before such date. Rescinds the unobligated amounts in such grant account and requires their return to the general fund.

Requires an agency to close any grant account in the System that has no unexpended balance remaining for the previous six months and, by June 15 of each year, report to the Chairs and Ranking Members on each closed account.

Authorizes OMB to prevent the closure of an account only after submitting to the Chairs and Ranking Members a report describing the reason for not closing the account.

]]> Stop Paying Something for Nothing Act of 2013 Display Title Stop Paying Something for Nothing Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To require the closure of expired grants accounts, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Stop Paying Something for Nothing Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2781ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2781ih.xml 2013-07-22 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.