[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1856 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1856

            To eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2013

Ms. Kuster (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Jones, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Messer, 
and Mrs. Kirkpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
            To eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts.

    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 ``Closing Long-Empty Accounts Now Act 
of 2013'' or the ``CLEAN Act''.

SEC. 2. DOCUMENTING AND CLOSING LONG-EMPTY FEDERAL BANK ACCOUNTS.

    (a) Inspectors General Report.--Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Council of the Inspectors 
General on Integrity and Efficiency shall submit to Congress a report 
that--
            (1) lists each bank account held by the United States 
        Government that has a balance of zero dollars for 180 days or 
        more; and
            (2) recommends which of these accounts should be 
        immediately closed.
    (b) Closure of Accounts Required.--Not later than 7 days after the 
report is submitted under subsection (a), the head of each agency with 
a bank account recommended for closure in the report described in 
subsection (a) shall close each such account that is managed by the 
agency.
    (c) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
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