Fiscal Integrity Through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 19, 2009 Referred to House Ways and Means
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fiscal Integrity through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate to consider any budget resolution for any fiscal year if the percentage increase for the projected total outlays compared to the projected total outlays for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the allowable growth percentage, as determined according to a specified formula.
Requires a super majority vote in either chamber to waive or suspend such prohibition.
Requires federal departments and agencies to report annually to the Comptroller General, and federal intelligence departments and agencies and their intelligence-related divisions to report annually to the House Select Committee on Intelligence, on total department or agency operating costs for the year, with a separate statement detailing waste, fraud, and abuse during such year.
Requires each federal department or agency to design and implement a plan to reduce its operational costs from $.36 to $.15 of every $1.00 appropriated to it (or reduce such costs by 41.67%) through the use of new technologies and standard management practices.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include, on each federal tax return, a statement of the aggregate dollar amount of waste, fraud, and abuse by all federal departments and agencies for the most recent year accounted for.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 4
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 Mar 19, 2009 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Budget
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Rules
- Mar 19, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that concurrent resolutions on the budget limit the growth of Federal spending to the mean of annual percentage growth of wages and gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fiscal Integrity Through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Congressional oversight
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in House
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