[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3569 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3569

  To provide a sunset date for all presidentially appointed czars, to 
  require Senate confirmation of those positions, and to provide that 
appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries and expenses 
                    associated with those positions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide a sunset date for all presidentially appointed czars, to 
  require Senate confirmation of those positions, and to provide that 
appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries and expenses 
                    associated with those positions.

    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 ``Sunset All Czars Act'' or the ``SAC 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Czar.--The term ``Czar'' means a head of any task 
        force, council, or similar office established by or at the 
        direction of the President who--
                    (A) is appointed to such position (other than on an 
                interim basis) without the advice and consent of the 
                Senate;
                    (B) is excepted from the competitive service by 
                reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-
                making, or policy-advocating character;
                    (C) performs or delegates functions which (but for 
                the establishment of such task force, council, or 
                similar office) would be performed or delegated by an 
                individual in a position that the President appoints by 
                and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and
                    (D) does not have an existing removal date 
                established at the direction of the President or 
                through an authorization of Congress.
            (2) Competitive service.--The term ``competitive service'' 
        has the same meaning as is given such term in section 2102 of 
        title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION.

    Appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries or 
expenses of any task force, council, or similar office--
            (1) that is established by or at the direction of the 
        President; and
            (2) the head of which is a Czar.

SEC. 4. REMOVAL.

    Not later than December 31, 2009, any Czar who is not appointed by 
a former President or the incumbent President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, shall be removed from its appointed 
position.
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