OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Bills and resolutions

Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (see H.R. 6771), H7787 [31JY]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (see S. 3566), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 6660), H7627 [30JY]

EPA: oppose a proposed regulation now under review by OMB that would undercut air quality protections for national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments, and national seashores (see S. Res. 729), S10881 [10DE]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 3341), S7526 [26JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3260), S6650 [14JY] (see H.R. 7323), H10974 [10DE]

Improper Payments Information Act: amend to prevent improper payments, improve recovery, and hold agencies accountable for improper payments (see S. 2583), S543 [31JA] (see H.R. 5467), H994 [14FE]

USASpending.gov: improve and strengthen transparency, accessibility, and quality of public data on Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (see S. 3077), S4969 [3JN]

Remarks in House

Colleges and universities: require the Depts. of Education and the Treasury to evaluate the feasibility of an alternative market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, H755, H756 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (H.R. 6660), E1632 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

Federal agencies and departments: reduce spending for programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool, S1990 [12MR], S2059, S2091 [13MR]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 3341), S7526 [26JY], S9217 [22SE]

Improper Payments Information Act: amend to prevent improper payments, improve recovery, and hold agencies accountable for improper payments (S. 2583), S544 [31JA]

Public lands: require an annual report detailing amount of property the Federal Government owns and the cost of Government land ownership to taxpayers, S2868-S2870 [10AP]

USASpending.gov: improve and strengthen transparency, accessibility, and quality of public data on Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (S. 3077), S4971 [3JN]

Reports

Dept of HUD HOPE VI Program for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Assessment, H301 [17JA]

Reports filed

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3341) (S. Rept. 110-468), S8947 [17SE]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 7323) (H. Rept. 110-920), H10974 [10DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3260) (S. Rept. 110-417), S6650 [14JY]

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2583), S10323 [1OC]

Statements

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, H5269 [11JN], H5338 [12JN]

Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act, S7988 [1AU]

NASA Appropriations, H5289 [11JN]

Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, H5120 [10JN]

Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act, H1039 [26FE]

Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, S9248 [23SE]

Texts of

S. 2583, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, S545-S547 [31JA]

S. 3341, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act reauthorization and improvement, S7527 [26JY], S9217 [22SE]

S. Res. 729, oppose a proposed EPA regulation now under review by OMB that would undercut air quality protections for national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments, and national seashores, S10884 [10DE]