HR 2373 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2001

Introduced Jun 28, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Kevin Brady R-TX

Latest action · Jul 10, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.

Progress

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IntroducedJun 28, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2001 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each agency; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Authorizes the deadline for abolishing an agency to be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs within each agency for the purpose of advising and assisting Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act.

Cosponsors 71

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2001 to Oct 9, 2002; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KY	Anne M. Northup	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-AR	Asa Hutchinson	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-CO	Bob Schaffer	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Original	Jun 28, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-AZ	Jeff Flake	Original	Jun 28, 2001
D-TX	Jim Turner	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-FL	Joe Scarborough	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-CO	Joel Hefley	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-LA	John Cooksey	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	Larry Combest	Original	Jun 28, 2001
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Jun 28, 2001
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Sep 12, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton		May 2, 2002
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		May 2, 2002
D-MS	Gene Taylor		May 2, 2002
R-TN	Van Hilleary		May 2, 2002
D-TX	Gene Green		May 7, 2002
R-IN	Mike Pence		May 7, 2002
R-TX	Ron Paul		May 7, 2002
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		May 21, 2002
R-KS	Jim Ryun		May 21, 2002
R-OK	John Sullivan		May 21, 2002
R-GA	Nathan Deal		May 21, 2002
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		May 21, 2002
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Jun 11, 2002
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn		Jun 11, 2002
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 11, 2002
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Jun 20, 2002
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 20, 2002
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		Jun 21, 2002
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 21, 2002
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Jun 26, 2002
R-GA	Bob Barr		Jul 10, 2002
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Jul 10, 2002
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jul 10, 2002
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Jul 12, 2002
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Jul 12, 2002
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jul 23, 2002
R-SC	Jim DeMint		Sep 25, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 25, 2002
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Sep 25, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Sep 25, 2002
R-MI	Nick Smith		Sep 25, 2002
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Sep 25, 2002
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Sep 25, 2002
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Sep 25, 2002
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Sep 25, 2002
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Oct 9, 2002
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Oct 9, 2002
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Oct 9, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jun 28, 2001
	Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee	Referred Jul 10, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 10, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Jun 28, 2001Introduced in House
Jun 28, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-188	REFORMING GOVERNMENT: THE FEDERAL SUNSET ACT OF 200169 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Apr 23, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the periodic review of the efficiency and public need for Federal agencies, to establish a Commission for the purpose of reviewing the efficiency and public need of such agencies, and to provide for the abolishment of agencies for which a public need does not exist.
Short Titles as Introduced: Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2001

Subjects

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Text 1

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Jun 28, 2001Introduced in House

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