1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Stop Waste by Eliminating
Excessive Programs Act of 2010
or the SWEEP Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—General Provisions
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Point of order.
Sec. 104. Availability of information to Congress upon
request.
Sec. 105. Sense of Congress.
Title II—Federal Program Sunset Commission
Sec. 201. Establishment.
Sec. 202. Duties of Commission.
Sec. 203. Membership.
Sec. 204. Commission meetings.
Sec. 205. Director and staff of Commission.
Sec. 206. Commission Advisors.
Sec. 207. Powers of Commission.
Sec. 208. Report.
Sec. 209. Sunset of Commission.
Title III—Program Inventory
Sec. 301. Development of program inventory.
Sec. 302. Organization of program inventory.
Sec. 303. Required information.
Sec. 304. Program identification number.
Sec. 305. Agency cooperation.
Title IV—Program Review
Sec. 401. Program review schedule.
Sec. 402. Program review.
Sec. 403. Annual report.
Sec. 404. Congressional consideration of proposed legislation
for abolishments.
<enum>I</enum><header>General Provisions
</header>
<section commented="no" id="H45F1AEBC90F14A8A88F5A9F2B838F5C9"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A56F09D353C48A38C7C46B42E998526"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">according to the Congressional Budget
Office, in fiscal year 2010 Congress appropriated approximately $290 billion
for unauthorized programs and activities, and an additional $730 billion for
programs and activities are scheduled to expire on or before September 30,
2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3A90BA9DA59A4FFAB1EB17FDE467E2C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process should be established to help
abolish obsolete and duplicative Federal programs and to provide for improved
Government accountability and greater openness in Government decisionmaking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H94D44C9A92BC4296AC10D27E49F7E976"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a bipartisan congressional commission
established to review Federal programs and propose modifications to or
abolishment of those programs that are unauthorized or nonperforming would be
an effective part of this process, if such modifications or abolishments do not
increase the national deficit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3A28504C80924AF5AA187B3AC4213E8A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this process should ensure that Congress
considers the reports and recommendations of the commission in a timely
fashion.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H4931A5072EB0402693CFEFBF669384F6"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H6CC0B19D568946AE8BB5826C4AFD1DA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
term <term>program</term> means a program activity, as that term is defined in
section 1115(g)(6) of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7710BB49128744CEA7D6DC0B1F7C6232"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation
bill</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>implementation bill</term> means only a bill which is introduced as
provided under section 404(a), and contains the proposed legislation described
in section 403(b)(3), without modification.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HAF839267A2EA4155AD5D25308D9CD3D7"><enum>103.</enum><header>Point of
order</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall not be in order
in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or
joint resolution, or amendment thereto or concurrent resolution thereon, which
authorizes a program, unless it includes a provision providing budget authority
for the program for a period of 10 or fewer fiscal years.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H182455048E034AB4A8FC7E0C5AC6A5D7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Availability of
information to Congress upon request</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Upon request and for each program under its
control, a Federal agency shall make the program performance report prepared
under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code, available to Congress. If
such report is requested with respect to a program, the following information
shall be provided with the report:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEBEA45AB5B6946B6A90286BBFD337B32"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information and analysis regarding the
organization, operation, costs, results, accomplishments, and effectiveness of
the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5055D49A5B244777A80B5772A1C2F11A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An identification
of the objectives intended for the program, and the problems or needs which the
program is intended to address, including an analysis of the performance
expected to be achieved by the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE6B72DA170F04498A823321A2D940D83"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An identification
of any other programs having similar objectives, and a justification of the
need for the program in comparison with those other programs that may be
conflicting or duplicative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4B3654CD795D4A2CBA638F7EBD44ED78"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Information
regarding the categorization of the program under section 302(b).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H6B8E8087C90D4861930640F46765308B"><enum>105.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that no funds should be appropriated for programs abolished by
Congressional action taken as a result of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Federal Program
Sunset Commission</header>
<section id="H7FDDFE37EBD448A6A6445413BE12D526"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is established in the legislature a
commission to be known as the <quote>Federal Program Sunset Commission</quote>
(in this Act referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="H260980B42C4B47A5ADB8DE3D6ED3678B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Duties of
Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA344FB72AD9C4B85B08D668AE6190D3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to Congress
a report under section 208;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC03C4744480A47F4921BA350078C6775"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a
program review schedule under section 401;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FF3457371A74EFF97B1263686BEFD9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct a program
review under section 402; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H286A2843C34F4EC59DE5035581AB9A60"><enum>(4)</enum><text>annually submit to
Congress a report under section 403.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H693F0BF6A8CD4286BCD80137B264B418"><enum>203.</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H29B8A6CCF683437C871768FB07D47579"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Number and
appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall be composed of 12 members appointed as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H069A6610C0F847758D2D9FE3D1BE2E40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Three members
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, of whom two shall be
Members of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6DA8F6E1431A4B4C89B1692083FA7835"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Three members appointed by the minority
leader of the House of Representatives, of whom two shall be Members of the
House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD899F1CEEEB94B269DA7568A42728C4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Three members
appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, of whom two shall be Members of
the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H912D285039B94789AEC20A283192EF65"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Three members appointed by the minority
leader of the Senate, of whom two shall be Members of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB0095A2D167844ED8B562DAF5233426A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Political
affiliation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than
four members of the Commission who are Members of Congress may be of the same
party.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2E8744AF24454E4EB3B862622146C604"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
member of the Commission may be an officer or employee of the executive
branch.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB1838A4B9C264BD68AEC31657B999596"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E86D43ABA804D9C8575628397891941"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member shall be
appointed for one term of five years, except as provided in paragraph (2)(A)(i)
and subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H47CC34DFC4C04FA5B9768CD2889ED158"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
appointees</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E907F9CDBAD4AD3A25BA94FB3CBB7A9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>As
designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the majority
leader of the Senate at the time of appointment, of the members first
appointed—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H828D706335B94EF5B4F98E0D45E6AB7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>six shall be
appointed for a term of three years; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC36AB7DE07CE461AAE63E1507BAD3ADE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>six shall be
appointed for a term of five years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA2E4C76A53814985A148E0C134D66410"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H7D753EBFB9FA47C4A4BB13AA0AC020D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Of the members
appointed under subparagraph (A)(i), four shall be Members of Congress, of whom
not more than three may be of the same party.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF1F71BE150284CD0AC10DF6B94C72F90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Of the members
appointed under subparagraph (A)(ii), four shall be Members of Congress, of
whom not more than three may be of the same party.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H936B1F54AED1423AB6B63358E9A2EFC9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled
in the manner in which the original appointment was made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF937AA27CD24F319BE6E716D132001B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chairman; Vice
Chairman</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A84BE012ACF4D3A928C476D407AFA03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman and Vice
Chairman of the Commission shall be selected under paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4). The term of office of the Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be two
years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H76A5F8FCDBEA47358B670E89E0C487A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
Chairman</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall designate one of the members who is a Member of
the House of Representatives to serve as the initial Chairman.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H89E847A1B5E64DE5BA6CBDD3AE32BF6D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial Vice
Chairman</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The majority leader
of the Senate shall designate one of the members who is a Member of the Senate
to serve as the initial Vice Chairman.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDE376578923C4C36869D0C90260763DC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subsequent
terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the terms of the
initial Chairman and Vice Chairman expire, members of the Commission shall vote
to select the Chairman and Vice Chairman, of whom one shall be a member who is
a Member of the House of Representatives and one shall be a member who is a
Member of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF9670B4C5FD6460593FC83D24A66C32A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on
terms</header><text>No member of the Commission may serve more than two terms
as either the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, or a combination of the two
positions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0DFC0B9A3CCF4C4C883820C0B5EC4E48"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Continuation of
membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a person was
appointed to the Commission as a Member of Congress and the person ceases to be
a Member of Congress, or was appointed to the Commission when not a Member of
Congress or an officer or employee of the executive branch and later becomes a
Member of Congress or an officer or employee of the executive branch, that
person may not continue as a member of the Commission beginning on the date
that person ceases to be a Member of Congress, or becomes a Member of Congress
or an officer or employee of the executive branch, as the case may be.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF2C6653B72D44BCAB892C4D77936521B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>One
year after a person ceases to be a member of the Commission under subsections
(d)(2)(A)(i) or (f), that person is eligible for reappointment under the
appropriate provisions of subsection (a). The term of reappointment shall be
for the number of years that is five years minus the number of years the person
previously served as a member of the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8678657F60BC4732A2C6C5165247A544"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members
of the Commission shall not be paid for their service on the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9E736A98348E4B6B9D9FA497B208EC82"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member shall
receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in
accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title
5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H03C8CE816250496B908941CA776BF4B5"><enum>204.</enum><header>Commission
meetings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall
meet at the call of the Chairman.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACE3311013AC4C29B122DE35A98C650C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Director and staff
of Commission</header>
<subsection id="H631989481CFA408FAF1B3B5DA2EB01D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall have a Director who
shall be appointed by the Chairman. The Director shall be paid at a rate not to
exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB20CBABE4214DE9986BFE16A67708DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may appoint and fix the pay of
additional personnel as the Director considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HAD98B9C3385746ABB77280080409FD5A"><enum>206.</enum><header>Commission
Advisors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Chairman of the
Commission may invite a representative from the Office of Management and
Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Government Accountability
Office to attend Commission meetings and advise the Commission on appropriate
matters.</text>
</section><section id="H6FCC0646586648C6893C851585A4FFCC"><enum>207.</enum><header>Powers of
Commission</header>
<subsection id="H58E680C44574492E9209A0A98705BEF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hearings and
sessions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may,
for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times
and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB5463AB745C9408EA6EA840E54FF8CB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Powers of
members and agents</header><text>Any member or agent of the Commission may, if
authorized by the Commission, take any action which the Commission is
authorized to take by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6D30CAAC959E42B3904955B05C10F036"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Obtaining
official data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Commission, the head of that department or
agency shall furnish that information to the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBA8ABF4460584DB4B3464FC4507464FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Subpoena
Power</header>
<paragraph id="H88F514DFAA064743A6EB8C2372A110E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may
issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
production of any evidence relating to any matter under investigation by the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5188A6730E30415FB8890E8123F3EF50"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to obey
a subpoena</header><text>If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued under
paragraph (1), the Commission may apply to a United States district court for
an order requiring that person to appear before the Commission to give
testimony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under
investigation. The application may be made within the judicial district where
the hearing is conducted or where that person is found, resides, or transacts
business. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the
court as civil contempt.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08D0A2E3F50A419B9320417D5568B7AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Service of
subpoenas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The subpoenas of
the Commission shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by a
United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the
United States district courts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1936DE53D56644CEB65BA535A6354416"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Service of
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All process of any
court to which application is made under paragraph (2) may be served in the
judicial district in which the person required to be served resides or may be
found.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H02F20E48EC9243BD88BCB769B3E7327D"><enum>208.</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the date that is one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to
Congress a report analyzing the interaction between authorizing legislation and
appropriations legislation and the effects of such interaction, and providing
suggestions for improving the budgeting process with regard to such
interaction.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H5760E591FAB3420B8B8CF622362040BC"><enum>209.</enum><header>Sunset of
Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission
shall terminate 11 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless
reauthorized by Congress.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Program
Inventory</header>
<section id="HEC5CE5EBA1E24E04B864EAFBA3F24B0A"><enum>301.</enum><header>Development of
program inventory</header>
<subsection id="HB12A32D2ECC24A3EADCFD5856EA2BE8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preliminary
inventory</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of
the United States, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional
Research Service, shall submit to Congress a preliminary inventory of all
Federal programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB683468A7B5C4EDFA4AB748E1B0F441E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
inventory</header>
<paragraph id="H833CCF63D00644D7A27E11FEA3DD5F52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after submitting the preliminary inventory to Congress under
subsection (a), and after incorporating any comments received from committees
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Commission a final inventory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H438469574CAB4839819842FC253CA303"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that any committee of the
House of Representatives or Senate that intends to submit comments to the
Comptroller General regarding the preliminary inventory should do so not later
than 60 days after receiving the preliminary inventory in order to allow
adequate time for the Comptroller General to incorporate the comments into the
final inventory.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57039C04A33E4C7E8C8D9AE3E170A1C6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Budgetary
information</header><text>The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
provide the Comptroller General with budgetary information to be included in
the preliminary and final inventories.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H755C639392F64FD2A6CFE10C08B99E90"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1 of the year after
the year in which the final inventory is submitted to the Commission under
subsection (b), and each October 1 thereafter, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Commission an updated inventory that reflects any new Federal
programs or changes to existing programs enacted during the 12-month period
preceding the due date for the update.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H60BC7DE840124A8BA23605D30F42E52C"><enum>302.</enum><header>Organization of
program inventory</header>
<subsection id="H2D87395E46214C6F8C88241F4200A398"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller
General shall organize the program inventory required under section 301 by
program areas that are reflective of national needs and agency missions and are
appropriate for the exercise of the review requirements of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE3A84BFCCC1F4799A6B47746A9A94071"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functional
categories</header><text>In organizing the program inventory, the Comptroller
General shall assign each program one functional and one subfunctional
category.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2E690E2F16948A4B61CF9B02963C0CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Categorization
factors</header><text>In determining the functional and subfunctional category
for each program, the Comptroller General shall consider the following
factors:</text>
<paragraph id="H87F8B6B537E64E5E861A4232478B1E03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The specific
provisions of law authorizing the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1611982BFEA4A11A809BB5DF5124D50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The committees of
the House of Representatives and Senate that have legislative oversight
jurisdiction over the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CDA4656E7AD4701BEDEF184A64CE342"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The committees of
the House of Representatives and Senate that have jurisdiction over legislation
providing new budget authority for the program, including the appropriate
subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D545C920FAC44CA95E8BB05FD8811B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A
statement of the purpose or purposes to be achieved by the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H34989C97737948EE951B7D023736EDEF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The agency and the
office or other entity within the agency responsible for administering the
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7509EDEDED2547EBAEA835B5C75A91D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The grants-in-aid,
if any, provided by such program to State and local governments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H14B171B446944D799BDAB99C675F2CAA"><enum>303.</enum><header>Required
information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For each program
in the program inventory required under section 301, the Comptroller General
shall include the following information:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48D28EDC2A02433993CAEEE760A82759"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
authorization information</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H39C3EEE545A0439FA4A8EFB2CFA72675"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The year in which the program was
originally established and, if applicable, the year in which the program
expires.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF2082420BD24BFD869592577D19D406"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The next reauthorization date required by
law for the program, if applicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H16B194A8BFBA49D3AC2A8FF81470241C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Budget authority
information</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB646134462D0457E928F9C93EA437DD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The year in which
budget authority for the program was last authorized.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E08820506EA4ACCBBE166EA22075E5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whether the budget
authority provided for such program is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA561186B955B49E2B4E39AA65B61EE02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>authorized for a
definite period of time, including the year in which current authorizations of
new budget authority expire;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H391CD3B57DA9432BAC2D650636E612A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>authorized in a
specific dollar amount but without limit of time;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE583AB93D27F4BDF86FBB62867682761"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>authorized
without limit of time or dollar amounts;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE18CA636D5AD4942B597D166D5A63E2C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>not specifically
authorized; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0F349A8BE87B495283701633C7FC18B6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>permanently
provided.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C5B5C7EFD6043AAA0D8F58EF1AF7BBB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Congressional
Budget Office Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information prepared by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office regarding each of the following matters:</text>
<subparagraph id="H09CE9EAFD80B4A2FA8DDAB6ADBC8917A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The amounts of new
budget authority authorized and provided for the program for each of the four
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year covered by the inventory and, where
applicable, the four fiscal years succeeding the fiscal year covered by the
inventory.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H77894080E1D14F5C84660B042D6F83D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The identification
code and title of the appropriation account in which budget authority is
provided for the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H05008AB65EC246BB8CD3F392350CC710"><enum>304.</enum><header>Program
identification number</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Comptroller General shall assign each program in the program inventory required
under section 301 an identification number that is related to the functional
category structure.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H4425C69FC07941C6AA1585781CBFCD13"><enum>305.</enum><header>Agency
cooperation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC83946D57B8D4FCB909169C6142C96E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mutual exchange
of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Comptroller General, the Director of the Congressional Research Service, and
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall permit the mutual
exchange of available information in their possession that would aid in the
compilation of the program inventory.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0555A2FBC1AB4CCB88C89B2677026DD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance by
Executive Branch</header><text>The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget and the heads of Executive agencies shall, to the extent necessary and
possible, provide the Government Accountability Office with assistance
requested by the Comptroller General in the compilation of the program
inventory.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Program
Review</header>
<section id="HF9B364E30CF645D8830BB1EFCBA56B0F"><enum>401.</enum><header>Program review
schedule</header>
<subsection id="H6D75C2869F8341429827E186E7EF22A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after receiving the final program inventory under section 301(b), the
Commission shall establish a schedule for review by the Commission of each
program, arranged by functional category under section 302(b), at least once
every 10 fiscal years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43EC9B19DF334DFEA60CF312CA8DA8E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after receiving an updated program inventory under section
301(d), the Commission shall update the schedule established under subsection
(a) to reflect the updated inventory.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA57AA328449F4890B424CDA65EECD55F"><enum>402.</enum><header>Program
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Based on the schedule
established under section 401, the Commission shall conduct a review of the
efficiency of operation and public need for each program under review,
including analyses of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H01A77EF35DB1418BB1040E6CBD530BB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The effectiveness
of the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H211588A771404418BE690A4694FCA42F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Whether the
program is cost-effective.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC5D7B04949D74655AFD4F422CC7FBB9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Whether the
program is outside of an agency’s scope of authority, and whether the program
helps to achieve the purposes of the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA32AB94FD3F84BC990E6E6A346586D11"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Whether more
efficient or alternative methods exist to carry out the functions of the
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90F8C1EAB01741AEB32F57FC5B70400E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The extent to
which the mission, actions, and policies of the program are duplicative or
conflict with programs in other agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3384E8692B7B4110A7E0184EBCFABF71"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The potential
benefits of consolidating programs with similar or duplicative missions,
actions, and policies, and the potential for consolidating such
programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE3D9895970B47188BC513C6C2B245DE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The number and
types of beneficiaries or persons served by the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF186629878B647EAA5AD25A71AA4F484"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The extent to
which any trends, developments, and emerging conditions exist that are likely
to affect the future nature and extent of the problems or needs that the
program is intended to address.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53B3DC559C2741119958ADD7338FA9A6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The promptness and
effectiveness with which the program administrator seeks public input and input
from State and local governments on the efficiency and effectiveness of the
performance of the program, to the extent such input is required or
permitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C36D5BED9C041DDA1CC67AF38ADF500"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The extent to
which the program coordinates with State and local governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDABE79C7067F4A379AD4A648447EC50F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The potential
effects on State and local governments of abolishing the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92EC1BB0C3E744E38A782CD0A15C40B7"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The extent of the
regulatory, privacy, and paperwork impacts of the program and any
inefficiencies such impacts may cause.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67A7D8033D3D49278BA3CC1FC5D59965"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The extent to
which changes are necessary in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order
for the functions of the program to be performed in the most efficient and
effective manner.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H611F461570E44BCD9E78731202CAA0DD"><enum>403.</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8B07BABC69204713B58FD3FBA8A6C35B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
October 1 of the year after the year in which the Commission establishes the
initial review schedule under section 401(a), and each October 1 thereafter,
the Commission shall submit to Congress a report pertaining to the programs
designated, by the review schedule established under section 401, to be
reviewed during the 12-month period preceding the due date for the report.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D7CE236176545F3B62A2BAC6018A9FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters
covered</header>
<paragraph id="HCE75A15BE97844BAA7175DD8B4AC4926"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall include in the report
an analysis of the efficiency of operation and public need for each program
under review, based on the review conducted under section 402.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB712A3E291F4FD5ADBC54CFEC1D3C11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Subject
to subsection (c), the Commission shall include in the report recommendations
regarding—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B6656F484584253AC44C5BD579F5497"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether each
program should be abolished or reorganized;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35BFE420171A4066A373068AFE3D2664"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the
functions of any programs should be consolidated, transferred, or reorganized
in an agency or among agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE381329018E4C939C39D4A9BE826937"><enum>(C)</enum><text>proposed
administrative and legislative action with respect to each program, but not
including recommendations for appropriation levels.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HADC233DA54F0423D8E3A602756EC944E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Proposed
legislation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H01FD2BC733E54290AF302EE3531F1927"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), for any recommendation that a
program be abolished, the Commission shall include in the report proposed
legislation, in the form of an implementation bill, to provide for such
abolishment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2057749F03ED4F0CB779649D6DDD73AC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Single
implementation bill per functional category</header><text>The Commission shall
include in the report one implementation bill under this paragraph for each
functional category under which a program is recommended to be abolished.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F023DCE6EAA43D0AAC75D9D2AB71921"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An
implementation bill included in the report under this paragraph shall conform
to the following requirements:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2ECEDDB562204DD98C602E79F2FC4BCD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The title of the
bill shall be <quote>A bill to abolish the program[s] numbered ___ in the
inventory submitted to Congress on ___ as required by section 301 of the SWEEP
Act.</quote>, the first blank space being filled in with the numbers of the
programs to be abolished, as assigned under section 304, and the second blank
space being filled in with the date on which the report containing the
abolishment recommendation was submitted to Congress.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2562901A9E604A96BF642959E85CFD0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The bill may not
include a preamble.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6B2977937EDC47DAAF882716342AA477"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>After the
enacting clause, the bill may include only provisions to provide for—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H945A740C74954A27BADAE4FE1967F8A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the abolishment of
programs recommended to be abolished under paragraph 2; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2126AE48FCE54E1098D79EA76792A77C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>changes in
existing laws or new statutory authority necessary to implement such
abolishments, if any.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H01126BCA2D22446C948B61451EF055E6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>It
is the sense of Congress that, in preparing an implementation bill under this
paragraph, the Commission should consult with the appropriate committees of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA8904BF52F446F3997E4480649E019C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBA0DE7C71FB34B879C1CA26019E5036B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consensus
required</header><text>Recommendations and proposed legislation may be included
in a report under subsection (b) only if agreed to by not fewer than eight of
the Commission members.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDF33F0EAE5E24C4A8377690A94BFCCF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure if no
consensus</header><text>If eight or more Commission members do not support any
recommendation or proposed legislation regarding any program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H47341B1AC3B34EC89AE5196720C5DE9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commission
shall note the absence of a recommendation or proposed legislation in the
section of the report dedicated to the program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF88ADFE6D7B44839E8F7145C52B97DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commission
shall attach to the report an addendum containing summaries of the
recommendations or proposed legislation for programs for which no consensus was
achieved, and the number of Commission members in support of each such
recommendation or proposed legislation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H94E714E36E2745F29F6560888597028C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Monitoring of
implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
may monitor the implementation of prior recommendations and the enacting of
laws based on proposed legislation from the Commission and include any
appropriate related information in the report.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H4B4EC562D18249CD8C04E0B483B3736B"><enum>404.</enum><header>Congressional
consideration of proposed legislation for abolishments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H746B25173A3B46E7A0685130369D7AD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Introduction;
Referral; and Report or Discharge</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1D9EAAD056074035BC5A6BC0EADD2D1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text>On
the first calendar day on which both Houses are in session on or immediately
following the date on which a report is submitted to Congress under section 403
containing proposed legislation included under section 403(b)(3), each
implementation bill included in such report shall be introduced (by
request)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3189A89C7AB24FEC907F71522AD9639C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the Senate by
the majority leader of the Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the
Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the majority leader and
minority leader of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2AC80B4DF91D4419953AFD34C74DB8DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the House of
Representatives by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, for
himself and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or by Members
of the House of Representatives designated by the majority leader and minority
leader of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8FDBC2F1B8094DA0812FB8CD205F3E8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>An
implementation bill introduced under paragraph (1) shall be referred to any
appropriate committee of jurisdiction in the Senate and any appropriate
committee of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives. A committee to which
an implementation bill is referred under this paragraph may report such bill to
the respective House without amendment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H20FC59508C594191BDD9CB7D66DDE0A0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report or
discharge</header><text>If a committee to which an implementation bill is
referred has not reported such bill by the end of the 15th calendar day after
the date of the introduction of such bill, such committee shall be immediately
discharged from further consideration of such bill, and upon being reported or
discharged from the committee, such bill shall be placed on the appropriate
calendar.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H63FD6BC8C92642EABE60EF4A71EA3E37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Floor
Consideration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD7A1985D950F463687AE56B17DBFEE73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>When the committee to which an implementation bill is
referred has reported the bill, or has been discharged from further
consideration of the bill under subsection (a)(3), it is at any time thereafter
in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed
to) for any Member of the respective House to move to proceed to the
consideration of the implementation bill, and all points of order against the
implementation bill (and against consideration of the implementation bill) are
waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is
privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the
consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the
motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to
proceed to the consideration of the implementation bill is agreed to, the
implementation bill shall remain the unfinished business of the respective
House until disposed of.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6C78F2B58954EFBAEF2086E5C4389FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>An
implementation bill may not be amended in the Senate or the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB33CC446F35F4848B5A11DEF3D5836DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Debate</header><text>Debate
on the implementation bill, and on all debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall
be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the bill. A motion
further to limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a
motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the implementation bill is not in order. A
motion to reconsider the vote by which the implementation bill is agreed to or
disagreed to is not in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90C13252885849F284706FECF924A0EA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vote on final
passage</header><text>Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on an
implementation bill, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate
if requested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on
final passage of the implementation bill shall occur.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB39F1B2371E64AE28F18B274C380018E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rulings of the
chair on procedure</header><text>Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of
Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to an
implementation bill shall be decided without debate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2E6C8357F0B8418B904D7B8AB319C511"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination
With Action by Other House</header><text>If, before the passage by one House of
an implementation bill of that House, that House receives from the other House
an implementation bill, then the following procedures shall apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H309275C523264BBDB74D100FFBEFD4A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nonreferral</header><text>The
implementation bill of the other House shall not be referred to a
committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCF02EFF79A754E4DAA3F57854CCB2E3A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vote on bill of
other house</header><text>With respect to an implementation bill of the House
receiving the implementation bill—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H64F42054378442EFA5518B08CF1E47B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the procedure in
that House shall be the same as if no implementation bill had been received
from the other House; but</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE008F1A5C60F42498D451994411BB027"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the vote on final
passage shall be on the implementation bill of the other House.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD6C86E3EC54946D7A00FAE8A9C8B3FB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rules of the
Senate and the House of Representatives</header><text>This section is enacted
by Congress—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1D528128FE1946ACB7A3AF30E657981D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively,
and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in
the case of an implementation bill, and it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H43FCB33296594487AA8A53814838CF55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with full
recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so
far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC086D8337B91404AB0C23693ADC3D746"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Calendar day
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>calendar day</term> means
a calendar day other than one on which either House is not in session because
of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date certain.</text>
</subsection></section>