Official Summary

5/11/2011--Introduced.Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than 150 days after the enactment of this Act, to coordinate with the heads of federal departments and agencies to: (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or s

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Official Summary

5/11/2011--Introduced.Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than 150 days after the enactment of this Act, to coordinate with the heads of federal departments and agencies to:
(1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or streamline federal programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions as identified in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report GAO-11-318SP and apply any savings towards deficit reduction;
(2) identify and report to Congress any legislative changes required to further eliminate, consolidate, or streamline such programs and agencies;
(3) determine the total cost savings to each agency, office, and department from the implementation of this Act; and
(4) rescind from appropriate accounts the greater of $5 billion or the total estimated cost savings from the implementation of this Act.

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