[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 211 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 211

               To provide for new program accountability.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 12 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

   Mr. Bond 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 new program accountability.

    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 Government New Program 
Accountability Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. NEW PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
any submission of recommendations for legislation to the Congress by 
the Secretary or head of any Federal department or agency shall include 
an implementation plan for each new program, project, or activity 
proposed to be authorized in such legislation.
    (b) Contents of the Implementation Plan.--Each implementation plan 
submitted under subsection (a) shall include a description of--
            (1) the resource requirements of the proposed program, 
        project, or activity, including staff and data systems 
        resources;
            (2) the estimated costs of implementation, for the initial 
        year of the proposed program, project, or activity and for the 
        5-year period covered by the most recent budget submitted by 
        the President in accordance with section 1105 of title 31, 
        United States Code;
            (3) the projected impact of the proposed program, project, 
        or activity on the ability of the department or agency to 
        manage the operations of all the programs, projects, and 
        activities carried out by that department or agency, including 
        an analysis of whether new appropriations would be requested or 
        resources would be shifted from other programs, projects, or 
        activities; and
            (4) a proposed implementation schedule, including a start 
        date and a timetable for the promulgation of regulations.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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