[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1194 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1194

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2023

 Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Carey, Mr. Case, Ms. Craig, Mr. Donalds, 
 Mr. Fallon, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Rutherford, 
 Ms. Salazar, Ms. Schrier, and Mr. Webster of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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).''.
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