[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4114 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4114

To establish procedures to reduce agency funding for failure to adhere 
       to original congressional intent, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2023

  Mr. Donalds (for himself and Mr. Burlison) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to 
   the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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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                                 A BILL


 
To establish procedures to reduce agency funding for failure to adhere 
       to original congressional intent, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Agency Accountability through 
Appropriations Act'' or the ``AAA Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR REDUCING AGENCY FUNDING FOR FAILURE TO ADHERE TO 
              ORIGINAL CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.

    (a) Report From the President.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than October 31 of each year, 
        the President shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and 
        Accountability of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate a report that includes, with respect to the previous 
        fiscal year, each rule promulgated by an agency (as such term 
        is defined in subsection (f)) which received funding pursuant 
        to a regular appropriation bill.
            (2) Report format.--The report described in paragraph (1) 
        shall separate each such agency and rule promulgated by each 
        such agency into separate titles of the report pursuant to the 
        regular appropriation bill which provides funding for each such 
        agency.
    (b) Committee Hearing With Respect to Agency Rules.--Not later than 
45 days after the date each committee described in subsection (a) 
receives a report from the President under such subsection, each such 
committee shall hold a hearing with respect to whether each rule 
included in such report adhered to the original congressional intent of 
the relevant agency.
    (c) Committee Report.--During a hearing described in subsection 
(b), the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate shall each, with respect to each title of the 
report submitted by the President under subsection (a)--
            (1) vote on a report that contains the conclusions of the 
        committee with respect to whether each rule promulgated by an 
        agency adhered to the original congressional intent of the 
        relevant agency;
            (2) in the case that either committee, by majority vote, 
        determines that any rule promulgated by an agency did not 
        adhere to the original congressional intent of the relevant 
        agency, include in the report a proposed reduction of funding 
        in the regular appropriation bill which provides funding for 
        each such agency for the subsequent fiscal year in the amount 
        equal to one half percent for each rule promulgated that did 
        not adhere with such congressional intent;
            (3) in the case that the report submitted by the President 
        under subsection (a) was submitted after the deadline required 
        under subsection (a)(1), include in the report a proposed 
        reduction of funding in the regular appropriation bill which 
        provides funding for the Executive Office of the President for 
        the subsequent fiscal year in the amount equal to one half 
        percent for each week during the period that starts on the 
        deadline under subsection (a)(1) and ends on the date the 
        President submits such report; and
            (4) submit such report to the House of Representatives or 
        the Senate, as the case may be.
    (d) Providing for Reduction in Agency Funding.--
            (1) Procedures in the house of representatives.--Clause 2 
        of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(h) It shall be in order, if offered by the chair of the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability or the chair's designee, to 
offer an amendment to a general appropriation bill for a fiscal year 
providing for a reduction in funding for an agency or, if applicable, 
the Executive Office of the President in such general appropriation 
bill in the amount equal to a proposed reduction of funding for such 
agency or the Executive Office of the President for such fiscal year as 
reported by the committee pursuant to subsection (c) of the Agency 
Accountability Act.''.
            (2) Procedures in the senate.--Notwithstanding any rule of 
        the Standing Rules of the Senate, it shall be in order, if 
        offered by the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate or the chair's designee, to 
        offer an amendment to a general appropriation bill for a fiscal 
        year providing for a reduction in funding for an agency or, if 
        applicable, the Executive Office of the President, in such 
        general appropriation bill in the amount equal to a proposed 
        reduction of funding for such agency or the Executive Office of 
        the President for such fiscal year as reported by the committee 
        pursuant to subsection (c) of this Act.
    (e) Exercise of Rulemaking Power.--This section, except with 
respect to subsection (a), is enacted by Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such shall 
        be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
        or of that House to which it specifically applies, and it 
        supersedes other rules only to the extent that they are 
        inconsistent therewith; and
            (2) 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.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Rule.--The term ``rule'' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 551(4) of title 5, United States Code.
            (3) Regular appropriation bill.--The term ``regular 
        appropriation bill'' means any annual appropriation bill which, 
        with respect to the Congress involved, is under the 
        jurisdiction of a single subcommittee of the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives (pursuant to the 
        Rules of the House of Representatives for that Congress) and a 
        single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate (pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate).
    (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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