Union Calendar No. 246
115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 115–341]
To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the authority under which Federal agencies may pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures, and for other purposes.
January 9, 2017
Mr. Fleischmann (for himself and Mr. Cooper) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
October 10, 2017
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2017]
To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the authority under which Federal agencies may pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Cost savings enhancements.
(a) Definitions.—Section 4511 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(2) in subsection (a)—
(b) Authority.—Section 4512 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting “The head of an agency may pay a cash award to any employee of such agency whose identification of wasteful expenses to the Chief Financial Officer of the agency has resulted in cost savings for the agency.” after the first sentence;
(2) in subsection (b) by striking “awards permitted under this section” and inserting “awards for the disclosure of fraud, waste, or mismanagement under this section”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(c) (1) If the Chief Financial Officer of the agency determines that potential wasteful expenses identified by an employee meet the requirements of section 4511(a)(2)(B), the head of the agency shall notify the President for purposes of proposing the expenses for rescission under title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.).
“(d) The head of each agency shall make available, along with, and in the same manner and form as, the provision of information required under section 1116 of title 31, information on disclosures of wasteful expenses under this section, including—
“(g) Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017, and every 3 years thereafter for 6 years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the operation of the cost savings and awards program under this section, including any recommendations for legislative changes.”.
(c) Technical and conforming amendment.—The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 4511 and inserting the following:
“4511. Definitions and general provisions.”.
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[Report No. 115–341] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the authority under which Federal agencies may pay
cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures, and for other
purposes. | |||||
October 10, 2017 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed |