S.Amdt. 3431

SA 3431. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division D, insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, in consultation with the head of each Federal
agency that administers a Federal housing assistance program,
shall conduct an interdepartmental review of each Federal
housing assistance program in order to--
(1) develop a plan for the elimination of programmatic
fragmentation, duplication, and overlap among Federal housing
assistance programs, as identified by those Federal agencies
in consultation with the Government Accountability Office;
and
(2) make recommendations to Congress for streamlining
Federal housing assistance programs for efficiency to
increase the quality of services provided to people in the
United States who are the most in need of assistance.
(b) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in
consultation with the head of each Federal agency that
administers a Federal housing assistance program, shall
submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives a detailed report that outlines the
efficiencies that can be achieved by, and specific
recommendations for, eliminating overlap, duplication, and
fragmentation among Federal housing assistance programs.
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