3.0.0 1378 2023-01-11T13:31:06Z 2023-01-11T13:31:06Z Senate S 2015-05-19 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-12-09T20:54:42Z Markup by 2016-05-25T14:00:00Z Referred to 2015-05-19T19:32:10Z S. Rept. 114-406 Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2016 114 2532 HR 2016-11-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 646. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2016-12-20 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate By Senator Johnson from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-406. Additional views filed. Floor 2016-12-20 By Senator Johnson from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-406. Additional views filed. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2016-12-09 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 720. Calendars 2016-12-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2016-12-09 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2016-05-25 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2015-05-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2015-05-19 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2015-05-19 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2015-05-19 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2015-05-19 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-05-22 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2015-05-22 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2015-06-08 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-10-08 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-02-10 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2016-02-10 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2016-03-14 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2016-05-19 False J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2016-05-19 False L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2016-06-08 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2016-07-14 False 2016-08-03T12:38:41Z S. 1378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2016 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51847 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 25, 2016 Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Budget process Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-30T19:35:06Z Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2015

Expands the awards program for disclosures by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement that result in cost savings to the employee's agency to include identification of surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority. Directs that any savings resulting from the identification of such funds or budget authority be deposited in the Treasury and used to reduce a budget deficit or the federal debt. Permits the head of an agency to retain up to 10% of such savings for the purpose of paying cash awards to employees who identify surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority.

Prohibits the payment of awards to: (1) federal officers who serve in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule; (2) the head of an agency; or (3) a commissioner, board member, or other voting member of an independent establishment.]]> 01 2016-12-09 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2017-02-10T22:56:14Z Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill expands the cash awards program for disclosures by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement that result in cost savings to the employee's agency to include identification of surplus salaries and expenses funds that: (1) an agency employee identifies as unnecessary, (2) the inspector general and the chief financial officer of the agency determine are not required for the purpose for which the amounts were made available, and (3) the rescission of which would not be detrimental to the full execution of the purposes for which the amounts were made available.

Any savings resulting from such identifications must be deposited in the Treasury and used to reduce a budget deficit or the federal debt. But agencies may retain up to 10% of such savings for the purpose of paying cash awards to employees who identify surplus salaries and expenses funds.

Each fiscal year, agencies must submit reports to the Department of the Treasury regarding: (1) the total savings achieved through disclosures of possible fraud, waste, or mismanagement and identifications of surplus salaries and expenses funds by an employee; and (2) each disclosure that has merit and the number and amount of cash awards by the agency. This information must also be included in agency budget requests submitted to the Office of Management and Budget.

Treasury must report annually to Congress on federal cost saving and awards based on agency reports about such employee disclosures. The Office of Personnel Management must certify annually whether each agency's cash award program complies with this bill.

Every three years, the Government Accountability Office must report on the operation of the program and any recommendations for legislative improvements.

The amendments in this bill regarding the expansion of the cash awards program and the use of cost savings from such employee identifications shall sunset six years after enactment of this bill.

The bill prohibits the payment of awards to: (1) federal officers who serve in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule; (2) the head of an agency; or (3) a commissioner, board member, or other voting member of an independent establishment.

]]> Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2016 Display Title Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal Government. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2016 S Senate Reported to Senate 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1378rs/xml/BILLS-114s1378rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1378is/xml/BILLS-114s1378is.xml 2016-12-20 By Senator Johnson from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-406. Additional views filed. 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.