HR 3226 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Czar Accountability and Reform (CZAR) Act of 2009

Introduced Jul 15, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Jack Kingston R-GA

Latest action · Jul 31, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

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.

IntroducedJul 15, 2009
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Czar Accountability and Reform (CZAR) Act of 2009 - Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to pay salaries or expenses of any task force, council, or similar office established by or at the direction of the President, if the head of such entity: (1) is appointed (on other than an interim basis) without the Senate's advice and consent; (2) is excepted from the competitive service by reason of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position; and (3) performs or delegates functions that would otherwise be performed or delegated by an individual appointed by the President with the Senate's advice and consent.

Cosponsors 123

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 15, 2009 to Nov 19, 2009; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-GA	John Linder	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jul 15, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Jul 16, 2009
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jul 16, 2009
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jul 16, 2009
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jul 16, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jul 16, 2009
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jul 20, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jul 20, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 20, 2009
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 20, 2009
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jul 20, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton		Jul 21, 2009
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jul 21, 2009
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 24, 2009
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jul 24, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 28, 2009
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jul 28, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman		Jul 28, 2009
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Sep 8, 2009
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Sep 8, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Sep 8, 2009
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Sep 8, 2009
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Sep 8, 2009
R-CA	Mary Bono		Sep 8, 2009
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Sep 8, 2009
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Sep 8, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Sep 8, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria		Sep 8, 2009
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Sep 8, 2009
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Sep 8, 2009
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Sep 8, 2009
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Sep 8, 2009
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Sep 8, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Sep 9, 2009
R-FL	Bill Posey		Sep 9, 2009
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Sep 9, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Sep 9, 2009
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Sep 9, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Sep 9, 2009
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Sep 9, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Sep 9, 2009
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Sep 9, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden		Sep 9, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Sep 9, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Sep 9, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Sep 9, 2009
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 9, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Sep 9, 2009
R-MN	John Kline		Sep 9, 2009
R-FL	John L. Mica		Sep 9, 2009
R-OK	John Sullivan		Sep 9, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Sep 9, 2009
R-NE	Lee Terry		Sep 9, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Sep 9, 2009
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Sep 9, 2009
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Sep 9, 2009
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Sep 9, 2009
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Sep 9, 2009
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Sep 9, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Sep 9, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole		Sep 9, 2009
R-IA	Tom Latham		Sep 9, 2009
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Sep 9, 2009
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Sep 9, 2009
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Sep 10, 2009
R-TN	David P. Roe		Sep 10, 2009
R-NV	Dean Heller		Sep 10, 2009
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Sep 10, 2009
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Sep 10, 2009
R-MI	Fred Upton		Sep 10, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Sep 10, 2009
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 10, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Sep 10, 2009
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy		Sep 10, 2009
R-TX	Ron Paul		Sep 10, 2009
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Sep 10, 2009
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Sep 14, 2009
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Sep 14, 2009
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Sep 14, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Sep 14, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Sep 14, 2009
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Sep 14, 2009
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Sep 16, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Sep 16, 2009
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 16, 2009
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Sep 16, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Sep 16, 2009
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Sep 17, 2009
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Sep 17, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Sep 17, 2009
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Sep 17, 2009
R-TX	Joe Barton		Sep 17, 2009
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Sep 17, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Sep 22, 2009
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Sep 22, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Sep 22, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Sep 22, 2009
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Sep 29, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Sep 29, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Oct 7, 2009
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Oct 20, 2009
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Oct 20, 2009
R-TX	Pete Olson		Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich		Nov 2, 2009
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Nov 2, 2009
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Nov 6, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Nov 19, 2009

Withdrew 1 Wm. Lacy Clay D-MO Sep 17, 2009

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 Jul 15, 2009
	Government Operations Subcommittee	Referred Jul 31, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 31, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
Jul 15, 2009Introduced in House
Jul 15, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H10488	Bob Inglis R-SC, Jack Kingston R-GA	Oct 6, 2009
House	Debate and remarks H9674	Sam Johnson R-TX	Sep 17, 2009
House	Debate and remarks H9310	Mark E. Souder R-IN	Sep 8, 2009

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3569	SAC Act	Related bill	Oct 23, 2009

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide that appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries or expenses of any task force, council, or similar office which is established by or at the direction of the President and headed by an individual who has been inappropriately appointed to such position (on other than an interim basis), without the advice and consent of the Senate.
Short Titles as Introduced: Czar Accountability and Reform (CZAR) Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 15, 2009Introduced in House

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