HR 4243 · 105th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998

Introduced 1998-07-16· Sponsored by Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(1998-10-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Management Improvements Title II: Improving Federal Debt Collection Practices Title III: Sale of Debts Owed to United States Title IV: Treatment of High Value Debts Title V: Federal Payments Title VI: Federal Benefit Verification and Integrity Tests Subtitle A: Notification of Federal Benefit Recipients Regarding Data Verification Subtitle B: Federal Benefit Program Management Improvement Tests Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998 - Title I: General Management Improvements - Amends requirements regarding certain Federal agencies' (executive departments as well as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) audited financial statements, including to: (1) extend the deadline for the preparation and submission of the first of such statements; and (2) provide for submission of such statements to the Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director). (Currently, such statements are to be submitted to the Director.) Allows the head of an executive agency, subject to an agreement between the agency head and the applicable financial institution, to accept an elec…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 4243, Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1998

Oct 5, 1998

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on July 23, 1998

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Cosponsors (4)

2 Democrats2 Republicans