[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 436 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 436

   To provide for a Special Assistant to the President to conduct a 
     Federal performance audit and review, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 25 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. Krueger introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a Special Assistant to the President to conduct a 
     Federal performance audit and review, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Efficiency Improvement Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PERFORMANCE AUDIT AND REVIEW.

    (a) Special Assistant to the President.--(1) No later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
appoint a Special Assistant to the President for the Improvement of 
Federal Efficiency (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Special 
Assistant'') to serve within the Executive Office of the President. The 
Special Assistant shall conduct the Federal Performance Audit and 
Review described under subsection (b).
    (2) The Special Assistant shall establish a staff of no more than 
200 persons, that shall be composed of Federal employees who are--
            (A) selected by the Special Assistant based upon experience 
        and expertise in auditing or investigation of Federal programs 
        and agency activities; and
            (B) detailed to serve on such staff--
                    (i) without reimbursement to employing agencies;
                    (ii) with the approval of the head of the agency of 
                each such employee; and
                    (iii) without interruption or loss of civil service 
                status or privilege.
    (3) No employee detailed under paragraph (2) may remain on such 
detail after the date occurring 30 days after the date of the 
submission of the final report under section 3.
    (4) The Special Assistant may secure directly from any Federal 
department or agency such information as the Special Assistant 
considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Upon 
request of the Special Assistant, the head of such department or agency 
shall furnish such information to the Special Assistant.
    (5) The General Accounting Office and the Inspectors General as 
defined under section 11(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall provide such support services as the Special 
Assistant may require, including the detail of employees and the 
furnishing of information under paragraphs (2) and (4) to the greatest 
extent as provided by law.
    (b) Federal Performance Audit and Review.--The Special Assistant, 
in conducting a Federal Performance Audit and Review, shall--
            (1) examine any Federal program or activity of an agency 
        and make recommendations for improving efficiency and 
        effectiveness;
            (2) review all applicable reports, analyses, and studies 
        conducted by the General Accounting Office, including the 
        General Accounting Office 1992 transition series, to avoid 
        duplication of studies and select programs and activities to 
        audit and review;
            (3) propose savings by restructuring incentives to motivate 
        Federal employees;
            (4) propose actions to improve the efficiency and quality 
        of services delivered;
            (5) propose actions to restructure Government organization 
        to provide for long-term efficiency and savings;
            (6) study the Federal Government by function, not by agency 
        structure, to avoid an unintentional bias in favor of the 
        status quo;
            (7) establish a special team to study Government-wide 
        issues such as procurement and personnel;
            (8) establish a telephone line for public comment and hold 
        regional public meetings to increase public input; and
            (9) study ways to improve the effectiveness and to increase 
        the independence of Inspectors General in Executive agencies.

SEC. 3. FINAL REPORT.

    No later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Special Assistant shall submit a final report to the President and 
the Congress on the Federal Performance Audit and Review conducted 
under this Act. Such report shall include--
            (1) detailed findings;
            (2) recommended actions to be taken by the President, 
        including specific rescissions of budget authority to implement 
        the recommendations resulting from the audit and review; and
            (3) proposals for legislation to implement such 
        recommendations.

SEC. 4. RESCISSION PROPOSALS.

    No later than 60 days after the submission of the final report 
under section 3, the President shall submit such rescissions of budget 
authority under title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) as he determines necessary 
to implement any recommendation in such report.

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