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Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act

H.R. 1194 · 118th Congress · Feb 24, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to consider the Government Accountability Office’s annual report on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Government when preparing the President’s annual budget submission, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act”.

Sec. 2 Consideration of GAO report when preparing annual budget submission

Section 1105 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(j) When preparing any budget pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the President and the Office of Management and Budget shall consider information and recommendations contained in the most recently published Government Accountability Office report entitled “Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits” (or successor report).”