[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5315 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5315

 To amend the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 to 
 require the head of an agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless 
 the agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such 
              Act, as reported by the Comptroller General.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2006

 Mr. Cardoza introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 to 
 require the head of an agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless 
 the agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such 
              Act, as reported by the Comptroller General.

    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 ``Accountability in Government Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR RECONFIRMATION OF AGENCY HEAD IF AGENCY IS NOT 
              IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
              IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1996.

    Section 803 of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 
1996 (31 U.S.C. 3512 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(d) Reconfirmation of Heads of Agencies Found Noncompliant.--In 
any case in which the report of the Comptroller General submitted by 
October 1 of a year under section 804(c), beginning with October 1, 
2008, states that an agency is not in compliance with the requirements 
of subsection (a), the head of the agency may not continue to serve as 
head of the agency unless, not later than April 1 of the following 
year, the person serving in that position is reappointed by the 
President with the advise and consent of the Senate.''.
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