[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2137 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2137

To require the review of all Federal departments and agencies and their 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 1997

   Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Rules, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the review of all Federal departments and agencies and their 
                   programs, 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 Agency Sunset Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.

    (a) General Rule.--Each Executive department, each Executive 
agency, and each program of each such department and agency shall be 
reviewed every 7 years after the first review which shall be conducted 
as determined under subsection (b). A department, agency, and program 
shall be reviewed to determine if there is a continued need for the 
department, agency, or program.
    (b) Review Procedure.--An Executive department or agency and its 
programs shall be reviewed by the committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate which have legislative jurisdiction over 
the department, agency, or program. Within 90 days of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, all the committees of the House of 
Representatives and all the committees of the Senate shall jointly 
determine when the first review under subsection (a) shall be 
initiated. All such first reviews shall be completed before the 
expiration of 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Authorizations.--After the first review conducted by the 
committees, no authorization of appropriations for an Executive 
department, Executive agency, or Executive department or agency program 
which was reviewed may be enacted after the expiration of the time 
period for the subsequent review unless such review has been completed. 
The same limitation on authorizations of appropriation shall apply with 
respect to all subsequent reviews.
    (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the terms 
``Executive department'' and ``Executive agency'' have the meaning 
given such terms by sections 101 and 105 of title 5, United States 
Code.
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