1.This Act may be cited as the
Federal Agency Performance Review and
Efficiency Act
.
2.Annual Inspector
General performance reviews of Federal programs and agencies
(a)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)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)
.