[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 478 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 478

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require annual reviews by 
Inspectors General of the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of 
                           Federal programs.


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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 amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require annual reviews by 
Inspectors General of the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of 
                           Federal programs.

    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 Agency Performance Review 
and Efficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL INSPECTOR GENERAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF FEDERAL 
              PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES.

    (a) Principal Duty.--Section 4 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) as 
        subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) 
        the following new subsection:
    ``(a) It shall be the principal duty and responsibility of each 
Inspector General, with respect to the establishment within which his 
Office is established, to review annually the operations, efficiency, 
and effectiveness of all Federal programs within such establishment and 
submit to the Congress and the President not later than September 1 of 
each year recommendations, accompanied by proposed legislation, on 
whether an abolishment, reorganization, consolidation, or transfer of 
existing Federal programs and agencies is necessary--
            ``(1) to reduce Federal expenditures;
            ``(2) to increase efficiency of government operations;
            ``(3) to eliminate overlap and duplication in Federal 
        programs and offices;
            ``(4) to abolish agencies or programs that no longer serve 
        an important governmental purpose; and
            ``(5) to identify reductions in amounts of discretionary 
        budget authority or direct spending that can be dedicated to 
        Federal deficit reduction.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``(a)(1)'' and inserting ``(b)(1)''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is further amended--
            (1) in section 8(d), by striking ``section 4(d)'' and 
        inserting ``section 4(e)''; and
            (2) in section 8D(k)(2)(A), by striking ``section 4(d)'' 
        and inserting ``section 4(e)''.
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