[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 702 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 702

   Directing the Comptroller General of the United States to submit 
reports ensuring the effectiveness of Federal programs and amending the 
Rules of the House of Representatives to require that certain standing 
 committees of the House hold at least one hearing on each such report 
                 that falls within their jurisdiction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2009

Mr. Reichert submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
 the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Directing the Comptroller General of the United States to submit 
reports ensuring the effectiveness of Federal programs and amending the 
Rules of the House of Representatives to require that certain standing 
 committees of the House hold at least one hearing on each such report 
                 that falls within their jurisdiction.

    Resolved, That (a) the House of Representatives directs the 
Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness 
of each program of the Federal Government, within two years after the 
program begins to be implemented, to determine the effectiveness of the 
program and whether the program is carrying out the intent of Congress.
    (b) Clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(f)(1) Within 30 legislative days after any standing committee 
receives a report from the Comptroller General respecting the 
effectiveness of a program within its legislative jurisdiction, that 
committee shall hold a hearing on the subject matter of that report. If 
the program is authorized for 10 or more years or has an open-ended 
authorization, then, at that hearing, the committee shall determine 
appropriate intervals for additional hearings respecting the 
effectiveness of that program.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on House Administration, the Committee on 
Rules, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.''.
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