II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 948 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2009 Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Coburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide for the Office of Management and Budget to direct all executive departments and agencies to submit a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting appropriations requests and for a reduction in such administrative expenses for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009.

2.

Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to obtain reductions in administrative expenses of all agencies relative to the fiscal year 2009 baseline by— (1)3 percent in fiscal year 2010; (2)6 percent in fiscal year 2011; (3)9 percent in fiscal year 2012; and (4)11 percent in fiscal year 2013.

3.

Definitions

In this Act: (1)

Administrative expenses

The term administrative expenses has the meaning as determined by the Director under section 4(b). (2)

Agency

The term agency— (A)means an agency as defined under section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, that is established in the executive branch; and (B)shall not include the District of Columbia government. (3)

Director

The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (4)

Office

The term Office means the Office of Management and Budget.

4.

Administrative expenses

(a)

In general

All agencies shall include a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting their appropriation requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. (b)

Administrative expenses determined

In consultation with the agencies, the Director shall establish and revise as necessary a definition of administration expenses for the purposes of this Act. All questions regarding the definition of administrative expenses shall be resolved by the Director.

5.

Reductions

(a)

In general

In order to accomplish the purpose under section 2 of this Act, each agency shall submit a budget to the Office that reflects a reduction from the fiscal year 2009 baseline in accordance with this section. (b)

Fiscal year 2010

For fiscal year 2010, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 3 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amount made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation. (c)

Fiscal year 2011

For fiscal year 2011, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 6 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amounts made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation. (d)

Fiscal year 2012

For fiscal year 2012, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 9 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amounts made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation. (e)

Fiscal year 2013

For fiscal year 2013, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 11 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amounts made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation.

6.

Review of agency requests and enforcement

The Director shall review agency requests for administrative expenses. The Director shall ensure that all agency requests for such expenses are reduced in accordance with section 5. To the extent that any agency fails to comply with the requirements of section 5, the Director may reduce the request for administrative expenses in the budget of that agency to achieve the appropriate reduction.