S.Amdt. 611

SA 611. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendmdent SA 602 proposed by Mr. Reid to the joint resolution H.J.
Res. 66, approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. CONSOLIDATING UNNECESSARY DUPLICATIVE, OVERLAPPING,
AND INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than
150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
coordinate with the heads of the relevant departments and
agencies, including the Secretary of the Department of Labor,
the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,
and the Secretary of Education, to--
(1) use available administrative authority to consolidate
Government employment and training programs with duplicative
and overlapping missions identified in the 2011 Government
Accountability Office reports to Congress, entitled
``Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government
Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue'' (GAO-11-
318SP) and ``Multiple Employment and Training Programs:
Providing Information on Consolidating Services and
Consolidating Administrative Structures Could Promote
Efficiencies'' (GAO-11-92), including the Department of
Health and Human Services' Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) and the Department of Labor's Employment
Service and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult programs,
and apply the savings towards deficit reduction;
(2) reduce by no less than 10 percent the excessive
administrative costs of Government employment and training
services identified in the 2011 Government Accountability
Office reports to Congress, entitled ``Opportunities to
Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax
Dollars, and Enhance Revenue'' (GAO-11-318SP) and ``Multiple
Employment and Training Programs: Providing Information on
Consolidating Services and Consolidating Administrative
Structures Could Promote Efficiencies'' (GAO-11-92),
including the $160,000,000 spent by the Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families program to administer employment and
training services and the $56 million spent by the Department
of Labor to administer the WIA Adult program, including the
approximately $4,000 spent for each WIA Adult participant who
receives training services, and apply the savings towards
deficit reduction;
(3) eliminate, as part of the consolidation described in
paragraph (1), Government employment and training programs
that have not demonstrated effectiveness in documenting a
high rate of participants entering full-time employment or
obtaining other positive job-related outcomes, such as
increased wage or promotion;
(4) identify and report to Congress any legislative changes
required to further eliminate, consolidate, streamline, and
reduce administrative costs of Government employment and
training programs with duplicative and overlapping missions
identified in the March 2011 Government Accountability Office
report to Congress, entitled ``Opportunities to Reduce
Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax
Dollars, and Enhance Revenue'' (GAO-11-318SP);
(5) determine the total cost savings that shall result to
each department and program from the actions described in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); and
(6) rescind from the appropriate accounts of the Department
of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services the
amount greater of--
(A) $7,000,000,000; or
(B) the total amount of cost savings estimated under
paragraph (5).
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