S 1297 · 113th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Government Transformation Act of 2013

Introduced 2013-07-16· Sponsored by Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2013-07-16)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Government Transformation Act of 2013 - Establishes the Government Transformation Commission as an independent commission. Directs the Commission to: make specific and actionable recommendations to congressional committees for legislative changes, including opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce government costs, proposals to reduce government expenditures and indebtedness and improve personnel management, and proposals to make the federal government more economical, efficient, and effective; make recommendations to the President for the elimination, consolidation, or improvement of federal programs and for reinvestment and opportunities for innovation in federal agencies; provide advice and recommendations to federal agencies to make programs more economical, efficient, and effective, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to improve and report on agency performance plans, and to Congress, OMB, and federal agencies on the design and implementation of significant new federal programs; provide a mechanism whereby federal employees, citizens, and other interested parties can offer ideas and recommendations for reviewing and improving federal programs; conduct research …

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat