GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Amendments

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), H8222, H8224, H8225, H8227, H8228, H8229, H8231 [7DE]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 479), H8152 [6DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5240 [19JY], H5360, H5362, H5363, H5364, H5365, H5367, H5368, H5369, H5370, H5371 [21JY], H5379, H5380 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

ACORN Did Nothing Wrong. So Says the Congressional Watchdog Office, H3950 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 849), H1454 [1MR]

Dept. of Defense: require report on major automated information system programs (see S. 1777), S7005 [1NO]

———require reports on military spouse employment programs (see S. 842), S2506 [14AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (see S. 1998), S8679 [15DE]

———protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (see S. 772), S2348 [8AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide greater transparency and accountability in the Small Business Lending Fund (see S. Res. 348), S8680 [15DE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 299), S614 [7FE] (see H.R. 10), H393 [20JA]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 479), H8074 [1DE]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1496), H2603 [12AP]

———require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see S. 202), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 459), H507 [26JA]

House of Representatives: impose moratorium on official travel outside the U.S. by Members, officers, and employees until GAO reports on costs of such travel and makes recommendations on such travel (see H.R. 638), H680 [10FE]

House Rules: require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs (see H. Res. 142), H1575 [3MR]

Hurricanes: conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection (see S. 120), S125 [25JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 2551), H5125 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2551), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H5284 [20JY]

National security: provide for the next generation of border and maritime security technologies (see H.R. 2463), H4792 [8JY]

``Opportunities To Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue'': implement recommendations from report (see H.R. 1782), H3108 [5MY]

Oversight authorities: enhance (see S. 237), S359 [31JA]

Railroads: freeze availability of Federal funding for high-speed rail projects in California (see H.R. 3143), H6676 [7OC]

Taxation: eliminate certain tax expenditures and evaluate effectiveness of remaining tax expenditures (see H.R. 2495), H4851 [11JY]

Letters

GAO study of patent litigation brought by non-practicing entities, S5441 [8SE]

Regulatory reform legislation: William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H8086 [2DE]

Violation of Anti-Deficiency Act by White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, E1820 [12OC]

Lists

Budgetary outline for H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5312 [21JY]

Motions

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), H8235 [7DE]

Remarks in House

Budget: report on waste in Government spending, H1462 [2MR], H1527 [3MR]

CBO: ensure any budgetary costs associated with approving or disapproving regulations are accounted for under the budget process, H8220 [7DE]

Congressional Review Act: use to reduce the impact of executive branch regulations on the economy, H2026, H2027 [29MR]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, H7941 [30NO]

Dept. of Defense: require audits of financial records, H4733, H4734 [7JY], H8905 [14DE]

EPA: compare health care costs resulting from preemption of EPA regulation of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change with such costs if the EPA were to proceed with such regulation, H2374 [6AP]

Federal agencies and departments: exempt country of origin labeling rules from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H8235-H8237 [7DE]

———exempt major rules determined by OMB to create jobs from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H8225-H8227 [7DE]

———exempt major rules promulgated by the Dept. of Homeland Security from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H8219, H8229, H8230 [7DE]

———exempt major rules related to food, workplace, or consumer products safety, or air and water quality from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H8228, H8229 [7DE]

———exempt rules relative to veterans affairs from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H8231 [7DE]

———lower threshold for joint resolution of approval requirement on major rules of the executive branch, H8228 [7DE]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), H648, H664, H668, H670 [10FE], H687-H693 [11FE], H1651 [9MR], H1783-H1788 [14MR], H4473 [23JN], H6866 [13OC], H7081 [26OC], H7692, H7693 [16NO], H8035 [1DE], H8083, H8084, H8106 [2DE], H8141, H8144 [6DE], H8191, H8196, H8200, H8202, H8203, H8209-H8238 [7DE], E2208, E2209 [8DE], E2275 [15DE], E2307 [16DE]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 479), H8146-H8152 [6DE]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H8235-H8237 [7DE]

———require agency submitting Federal rule proposal to include assessment of private or public jobs to be gained or lost relative to implementation of proposal, H8224 [7DE]

———require major rule reports submitted to Congress include criteria for cost-benefit analysis, H8227 [7DE], E2307 [16DE]

Firearms: study ability of State and local law enforcement to verify the validity of out-of-state concealed handgun carrying licences, H7681, H7682 [16NO]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks, H418 [24JA]

———require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (H.R. 459), E128 [26JA]

Government regulations: require a GAO report to determine costs, impact on Federal agency rulemaking and ability to respond to emergencies of requiring a complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities, H8048 [1DE]

Health: study impact of Prevention and Public Health Fund on States and local communities, H2644 [13AP]

Health care professionals: conduct a study on the number of primary care physicians trained as a result of converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3365, H3368-H3370 [24MY]

———determine that there is no primary care physician shortage before converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3399 [24MY]

Insurance: require a report on the means and effects of facilitating a market for all-peril supplemental insurance policies for residential properties, H4913, H4914 [12JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: across-the-board funding reduction, H5313-H5316 [21JY]

———compact fluorescent light bulbs funding, H5368, H5369 [21JY]

———making appropriations, H9896 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5348-H5372 [21JY], H5378-H5387 [22JY], E1388 [22JY], E1398, E1400 [25JY], E1407 [26JY], E1426 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2551), consideration (H. Res. 359), H5312-H5316 [21JY]

Neighborhood Stabilization Program: conduct study on economic impact on States and communities, H1889, H1890 [16MR]

Prevention and Public Health Fund: study impact on States and local communities, H2643 [13AP]

———study impact on the prevention of chronic diseases and promoting health, H2642, H2643 [13AP]

Schools: require study to determine school districts most in need of constructing or renovating health center construction, H2985 [3MY]

States: report on impact of funding by States to establish State-run American Health Benefit Exchanges rather than State exchanges established and operated by the Federal Government, H2966, H2967 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Air Force: require report on effects of changing flag officer positions within Air Force Materiel Command, S7964 [29NO]

Budget: report on waste in Government spending, S2367 [12AP]

Congressional Review Act: enforce, S7240 [9NO]

Dept. of Defense: require a report explaining the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program acquisition strategy, S7985 [29NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (S. 772), S2352, S2358 [8AP]

Economic Development Administration: provide GAO oversight over grant awarding and distribution process, S3805 [15JN]

Education: analysis of for-profit colleges and universities, S3153-S3160 [19MY]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S5654, S5658 [15SE]

———Executive order to review or repeal regulatory actions that are duplicative, overly burdensome, or would impact the economy, S1099 [2MR], S1313-S1315 [7MR], S1536 [10MR], S2217-S2219 [7AP], S3800 [15JN]

———list and describe all administered programs, S1736, S1737 [16MR]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (S. 299), S1727 [16MR], S3713 [13JN], S6298 [6OC]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (S. 202), S282 [26JA]

Goverment: consolidate certain duplicate and overlapping Goverment programs or agencies, S2180 [6AP]

Navy: assess advisability of stationing additional DDG-51 class destroyers at Naval Station Mayport, FL, S7964 [29NO]

Presidential appointments: study and report on Presidentially appointed positions, S4055-S4057 [23JN]

Reports

LHA Replacement, Shipbuilding and Conversion (SCN), Fiscal Year 2012-Line 3041, H3676 [25MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 10, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 479) (H. Rept. 112-311), H8074 [1DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2551, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 359) (H. Rept. 111-173), H5284 [20JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2551) (S. Rept. 112-148), H5124 [15JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2551) (S. Rept. 112-80), S5684 [15SE]

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 112-278), H7889 [18NO]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 112-278), H7405 [10NO]

Tables

Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): legislative branch of the Government, H9877-H9880 [16DE]

Duplicative Federal programs identified by GAO, S4207 [29JN]

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5350-H5353 [21JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 359, consideration of H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5312 [21JY]

H. Res. 479, consideration of H.R. 10, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act, H8146 [6DE]

H.R. 10, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act, H8222-H8224 [7DE]

H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5356-H5360 [21JY]

S. 202, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, S282 [26JA]

S. 772, Supporting Employee Competency and Updating Readiness Enhancements for Facilities (SECURE) Facilities Act, S2353-S2358 [8AP]

S. Res. 348, provide greater transparency and accountability by the Dept. of the Treasury in the Small Business Lending Fund, S8688 [15DE]