[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6638 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6638

   To require the submission by the President of recommendations and 
proposed legislation to modernize, consolidate, reprioritize, and where 
    necessary, terminate Federal programs, agencies, and activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2008

Mr. Jordan of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the submission by the President of recommendations and 
proposed legislation to modernize, consolidate, reprioritize, and where 
    necessary, terminate Federal programs, agencies, and activities.

    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 and Performance 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MODERNIZATION, 
              CONSOLIDATION, REPRIORITIZATION AND TERMINATION OF 
              FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AGENCIES AND ACTIVITIES.

    Not later than 180 days after taking office, the President shall 
submit to the Congress recommendations, accompanied by proposed 
legislation, on which existing Federal programs and agencies should be 
modernized, consolidated, reprioritized, and where necessary, 
terminated in order to--
            (1) reduce Federal expenditures;
            (2) increase efficiency and effectiveness of government 
        operations;
            (3) eliminate overlap and duplication in Federal programs 
        and offices;
            (4) abolish agencies, programs and activities that no 
        longer serve an important governmental purpose; and
            (5) identify reductions in amounts of discretionary budget 
        authority or direct spending that can be dedicated to Federal 
        deficit reduction.
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