109 HR 5315 IH: Accountability in Government Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2006-05-09 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5315 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 9, 2006 Mr. Cardoza introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Accountability in Government Act of 2006.

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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. .