[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S2430]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 119--REQUIRING AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES TO HOLD ANNUAL 
 HEARINGS ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS ON 
   THE IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE 
                          GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

  Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs:

                              S. Res. 119

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This resolution may be cited as the ``Congressional 
     Oversight to Start Taxpayer Savings Resolution'' or the 
     ``COST Savings Resolution''.

     SEC. 2. REQUIRING COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON GOVERNMENT 
                   ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTS.

       (a) Duplication Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date on which the Comptroller General of the United States 
     transmits each annual report to Congress identifying 
     programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative 
     goals and activities within the Government under section 21 
     of the Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution 
     increasing the statutory limit on the public debt'' (Public 
     Law 111-139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note), each standing committee of 
     the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations) with 
     jurisdiction over any such program, agency, office, or 
     initiative covered by that report shall conduct hearings on 
     the recommendations for consolidation and elimination of such 
     program, agency, office, or initiative.
       (b) High Risk List.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     on which the Comptroller General of the United States 
     publishes a High Risk List, or any successor thereto, each 
     standing committee of the Senate (except the Committee on 
     Appropriations) with jurisdiction over any agency or program 
     area on the High Risk List shall conduct hearings on the 
     vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or 
     need for transformation, of the agency or program area.
       (c) Joint Hearings.--For any program, agency, office, 
     initiative, or program area over which more than 1 standing 
     committee of the Senate (except the Committee on 
     Appropriations) has jurisdiction, to the extent determined 
     beneficial and appropriate by the Chairmen of the committees, 
     the committees may hold joint hearings under subsection (a) 
     or (b).

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