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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 948
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2009
Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Coburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To provide for the Office of Management and Budget to direct all executive departments and agencies to submit a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting appropriations requests and for a reduction in such administrative expenses for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Agency Administrative Expenses
Reduction Act of 2009
.
Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to obtain reductions in administrative expenses of all agencies relative to the fiscal year 2009 baseline by—
3 percent in fiscal year 2010;
6 percent in fiscal year 2011;
9 percent in fiscal year 2012; and
11 percent in fiscal year 2013.
Definitions
In this Act:
Administrative expenses
The term administrative expenses has the meaning as determined by the Director under section 4(b).
Agency
The term agency—
means an agency as defined under section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, that is established in the executive branch; and
shall not include the District of Columbia government.
Director
The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Office
The term Office means the Office of Management and Budget.
Administrative expenses
In general
All agencies shall include a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting their appropriation requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
Administrative expenses determined
In consultation with the agencies, the Director shall establish and revise as necessary a definition of administration expenses for the purposes of this Act. All questions regarding the definition of administrative expenses shall be resolved by the Director.
Reductions
In general
In order to accomplish the purpose under section 2 of this Act, each agency shall submit a budget to the Office that reflects a reduction from the fiscal year 2009 baseline in accordance with this section.
Fiscal year 2010
For fiscal year 2010, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 3 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amount made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation.
Fiscal year 2011
For fiscal year 2011, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 6 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amounts made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation.
Fiscal year 2012
For fiscal year 2012, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 9 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amounts made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation.
Fiscal year 2013
For fiscal year 2013, each agency shall submit a budget request that reflects not less than a 11 percent reduction in administrative expenses from the amounts made available for fiscal year 2009 adjusted for inflation.
Review of agency requests and enforcement
The Director shall review agency requests for administrative expenses. The Director shall ensure that all agency requests for such expenses are reduced in accordance with section 5. To the extent that any agency fails to comply with the requirements of section 5, the Director may reduce the request for administrative expenses in the budget of that agency to achieve the appropriate reduction.