[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 477 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 477

   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

                            January 13, 2009

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 2009''.

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

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
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) terminate 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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